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Notes on Cairo - Part 2

Notes on Cairo - Part 2

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Sidra Ansari
Apr 23, 2025
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Having travelled from Giza airport to our apartment in the early hours of the morning, we had woken up in this parallel universe where the adhaan echoed overhead, and beautiful Quran renditions floated in through my window from passing vehicles. ‘The Qur’an is everywhere,’ I wrote in my gratitude journal that night, and it was true and so wonderful.

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