Today I visited one of the greatest mosques of Cairo. Masjid Muhammad Ali Basha (Alabaster mosque) is situated in the Saladin Citadel of Cairo and it is a landmark which can be seen from a distance no matter from which direction you approach the city. The mosque was built in the first half of the 19^th century.

Muhammad Ali, who is considered the founder of modern Egypt, decided to follow the style of the Ottomans. The architect was Yusuf Bushnak from Istanbul and the model for Muhammad Ali mosque was Yeni Cami.

Thus, Muhammad Ali Mosque is a piece of Ottoman Architecture in Cairo even though the building was completed fifty years after the undeniable rulership of the Ottomans had come to its end.

But he was the rebellious to Ottoman, he didnt want to live under Ottoman´s flag....

Yes, Muhammad Ali Pasha made a distance to the Ottomans but maybe shared the same esthetic eye with them. They say he was Albanian but spoke good Turkish.

I wanted to add the pictures of Muhammad Ali mosque and Yeni Cami but I am so untalented. Maybe I will try to modify it later. (Or maybe someone will feel pity for me and add them to the tread...)

Thank you, scalpel. You saved me from learning how to attach images to my posts.

Basit.. kopyalamak istediğin resmin üzerini sağ tıkla.. sonra "copy image"yi tıkla.. ve resmi yapıştırmak istediğin sayfaya git.. tekrar sağ tık.. "paste"yi tıkla..  oldu işte.. olmadı mı? 

I can copy-paste, scalpel...even images. It just doesn´t seem to work with me. It looks like the picture even ate the text that was in the post. Amazing.

Now just leave me in my blessed ignorance.

It proves one thing that I am not a good teacher!