Today, Al-Azhar, which covers an area of 12,000 square metres, is double its original size and shows various Islamic architectural styles, including in a succession of riwaqs (arcades), madrassas ...

The beginning of the institution that today combines the mosque and the university is starkly different from its modern-day form. In 988 AD, the first call to prayer echoed from the new Al-Azhar ...

CAIRO — They came by the thousands, pouring through the ancient stone archways and into the gleaming white marble courtyard of al-Azhar mosque. The faithful had come to pray, to hear a ...

President Abdul Fattah Al Sisi, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb inaugurate the restoration of the Al-Azhar Mosque, which lasted 3 years on March 06, 2018 ...