ஜ Sayeda Zaynab
The part of Cairo called "Sayida Zaynab" takes it's name from the granddaughter of Prophet Mohamed, who came to Egypt in the later part of the seventh century. The Mosque of Sayida Zaynab takes up the whole southwest side of Midan Saiyeda Zaynab, the center of district.
Sayida Zaynab's mosque, which also contains her her tomb, has been rebuilt and enlarged many times.
The latest expansion of the building was just finished in December 1999, doubling the area available for worship inside the mosque.
Midan Sayida Zaynab is located just where the old nile to Red Sea canal curved and headed north. This canal, he Khaleg, was cut in late pharaonic times, and from then until the ninteenth century provided a way to go by boat from Cairo through the Delta to Lake Timsah and the Red Sea. Houses with beautiful gardens once lined the canal.
Little by little the Khaleg lost it's function, and in 1897 it was filled in and a north-south thoroughfare with a tramline took it's place. The tram functioned up until a few years ago ,when the tracks were torn up.In Ramadan Sayeda Zaynab is an especially busy place, as stalls selling fawanis, colorful lanterns, open the streets next to the mosque. Lanterns are available in all sizes and price ranges, from tiny key chains to huge copper lanterns too heavy to carry.
Across the street from Sayida Zaynb Mosque is an Ottoman sabil-a public water source that was donated by a private individual to the community.
Built in 1759, the sabil is decorated in an intricate colored marble design.
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