Crowded Cairo Gets its Own Version of Central Park, Voice of America, March 25^th, 2005

Crowded Cairo Gets its Own Version of Central Park, Voice of America (VOA News), March 25^th, 2005, by Ursula Lindsey.

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On Friday March 25, Egyptian first lady Suzanne Mubarak and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, a private agency which seeks to revitalize Muslim communities, will inaugurate the largest public park built in Cairo in over a century. The Aga Khan, who heads the trust, is the the leader of 15 million Ismailis, a Muslim sect. He built the 70-hectare Al Azhar park on an ancient garbage dump in the heart of Islamic Cairo.

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