tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post8910676617240281802..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: A Joke from Cairo TodayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-72983423703375508882011-02-14T00:39:46.817-05:002011-02-14T00:39:46.817-05:00More probably Bab az-Zueila?More probably Bab az-Zueila?Eccelhttp://sembase.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-70332044985083561502011-02-13T01:55:49.065-05:002011-02-13T01:55:49.065-05:00Re David's comment: One of the old Fatimid gat...Re David's comment: One of the old Fatimid gates in the northern wall, I think the Bab al-Nasr, has the shahada over it: La ilaha ila Allah, Muhammadun rasul Allah, wa `Ali wali Allah. Since its in unpointed square Kufic, I guess nearly a millennium of Sunni rulers figured most people couldn't read it, an just left it up.Michael Collins Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398326467953722017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-62254101005334022522011-02-12T16:34:00.022-05:002011-02-12T16:34:00.022-05:00A good one. But I'm waiting to hear a Egyptia...A good one. But I'm waiting to hear a Egyptian Muslim Brother joke about the Ahmedinejad view that the Mahdi is about to return to Midan at-Tahrir and re-establish the righteous caliphate of Imam Ali. Well, I guess the Fatimids already tried that, and the Egyptians just waited them out.David Mackhttp://ambdavidmack@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.com