Cairo
This small Mamluk mosque of the late fifteenth century is known as the mosque of Fatima al-Shaqra, and also as the mosque of al-Mar'a, the woman's mosque,…
This small Mamluk mosque of the late fifteenth century is known as the mosque of Fatima al-Shaqra, and also as the mosque of al-Mar'a, the woman's mosque, after the woman whose name it carries. It has a carved portal and an arcaded prayer hall with a wooden ceiling. It stands on Ahmad Maher Street between Bab Zuwayla and Bab al-Khalq.