Cairo: Library
Places and attractions in the Library category
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Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies
The Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies is a center for fundamental research on the sources of Arab-Islamic civilization. Founded in 1953, it is located in Cairo.
Egyptian National Library and Archives
The Egyptian National Library and Archives is located in Nile Corniche, Cairo and is the largest library in Egypt, followed by Al-Azhar University and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Cairo Geniza
The Cairo Geniza, alternatively spelled Genizah, is a collection of some 400,000 Jewish manuscript fragments and Fatimid administrative documents that were kept in the genizah or storeroom of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fustat or Old Cairo, Egypt.
Hall of Records
The Hall of Records is a purported ancient library claimed to lie under the Great Sphinx of Giza. There is no evidence to indicate that it ever existed.
Maadi Library
Maadi is a leafy suburban district south of Cairo, Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile about 12 kilometers upriver from downtown Cairo. The Nile at Maadi is parallelled by the Corniche, a waterfront promenade and the main road north into Cairo.
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