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Night of Destiny Prayers in Old Cairo, Egypt
June 21, 2017 11:27 PM
By
Hamada Elrasam
Muslims gather at Amru Ebn Alaas mosque, one of the biggest mosques in Cairo for Ramadan night of destiny prayers in old Cairo, Egypt, June 21, 2017.
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Muslims coming before sunset to the mosque with food for breaking their fast in Amru Ebn Alaas mosque in old Cairo, Egypt, June 21, 2017. (Hamada Elrasam/VOA)
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Men and women pray in front of a Catholic cemetery as the mosque wasn’t large enough for all those who came to pray, so men and women extended out into the streets surrounding the mosque in old Cairo, Egypt, June 21, 2017. (Hamada Elrasam/VOA)
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Muslims gather at Amru Ebn Alaas mosque one of the biggest mosques in Cairo for Ramadan night of destiny prayers in old Cairo, Egypt, June 21, 2017. (Hamada Elrasam/VOA)
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More than 5,000 Muslims gathered at the first mosque built in Egypt and Africa, Amru Ebn Alaas mosque, in old Cairo district. On Ramadan 27th night Muslims gather for what believed to be night of destiny known in Arabic as “Lailatu Elqadr,” when god is mo
Night of Destiny Prayers in Old Cairo, Egypt
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