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A Thousand Miles up the Nile Chapter II - Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage Part 3
In which we witness a most intense and bewildering dervish ceremony, marked by a mounting frenzy that is both fascinating and somewhat unsettling, followed by a visit to the ancient and weathered Mosque of Amr, a place steeped in the distant dawn of Saracenic architecture. Our wandering then leads us through the lively streets of Cairo, a splendid marriage procession, and the verdant gardens of the khedive’s summer palace, as the golden sunset prepares us for the imminent beginning of our Nile voyage.
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