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

Crowded Cairo Gets its Own Version of Central Park, Voice of America (VOA News), March 25th, 2005, par 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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