City of One Thousand Minarets; this how people of Cairo call it, among many other nick name of their beloved city. Where ever you go, specially in the historical city you observe minarets of different hitoric epochs and arts every where. Cairo have the oldest mosque in Africa (Amr Ibn El Aas Mosque), The oldest mosque preserved (Ibn Tulun Mosque) The oldest Islamic Mosque Uinversity (Al Azhar Mosque) besides hundreds of Mamelouk, Otoman and Modern Mosques.