Friday July 03, 2009 at 12:52

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I just love this photo. It kinda has that “Vertigo-ish” vibe. Of note, most scholars now believe that the tales from “Thousand and One Arabian Nights” probably took place in Cairo during the period of the Mamluks rather than in Baghdad. In the “Tale of the Jewish Physician,” there is a description of Cairo which states: “He who hath not seen Cairo hath not seen the world: her soil is gold, her Nile is a marvel; her women are like the black-eyed hours of Paradise; her houses are palaces; and her air is soft, more odorous than aloes-wood, rejoicing the heart.  And how can Cairo be otherwise when she is the Mother of the World?” (via Embark on a Luxury Vacation of a Lifetime to Cairo)

I just love this photo. It kinda has that “Vertigo-ish” vibe.

Of note, most scholars now believe that the tales from “Thousand and One Arabian Nights” probably took place in Cairo during the period of the Mamluks rather than in Baghdad. In the “Tale of the Jewish Physician,” there is a description of Cairo which states:

“He who hath not seen Cairo hath not seen the world: her soil is gold, her Nile is a marvel; her women are like the black-eyed hours of Paradise; her houses are palaces; and her air is soft, more odorous than aloes-wood, rejoicing the heart.  And how can Cairo be otherwise when she is the Mother of the World?”

(via Embark on a Luxury Vacation of a Lifetime to Cairo)