--- title: "1 Cairo Quotes By Tarek Osman" description: "1 Cairo quotes by Tarek Osman. Plus more from Tarek Osman and more Cairo sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/tarek-osman-8064_opera-house_paris-on-the-nile-or-the-finery-of-cairo_438824.jpg" --- > [“Paris on the Nile’ or the ‘finery of Cairo’, Al-Ismailiya – a district to which Ismael gave his name – comprised large, wide avenues, piazzas, belle époque buildings and urban public gardens.8 He brought steam shipping to the Nile, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/paris-on-the-nile-or-the-finery-of-cairo-al-ismailiya-a-district-to/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/tarek-osman-8064_opera-house_paris-on-the-nile-or-the-finery-of-cairo_438824.jpg) ## More by Tarek Osman > [“Even the weighty Salafist voices (for example, Mohamed Seleem Al-Awaa,19 Mohamed Al-Ghazali,20 Fahmi Howeidy21 and Gamal Al-Banna22) were sidelined as ‘too intellectual’.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/even-the-weighty-salafist-voices-for-example-mohamed-seleem-al-awaa/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“Between 1991 and 1993, the militants had virtually taken complete control of Imbaba, replacing the government as the social arbiter. The situation reached a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/between-1991-and-1993-the-militants-had-virtually-taken-complete/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“At that time, a grand Arabic project emanating from Cairo had credibility. That is not true today. The relative standing of Egyptians (the country,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/at-that-time-a-grand-arabic-project-emanating-from-cairo-had/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“There was a major demographic boom in Egypt from the 1980s, in which the population almost doubled from around 45 million to 80 million,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/there-was-a-major-demographic-boom-in-egypt-from-the-1980s-in-which/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“Amr Khaled, the most successful of those young sheikhs,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/amr-khaled-the-most-successful-of-those-young-sheikhs/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“the factor that really cemented the Brotherhood's social re-emergence, and founded the Islamic movement's social base, was its highly efficient services infrastructure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/the-factor-that-really-cemented-the-brotherhood-s-social-re-emergence/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“Luxor attack in 1997 in which Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya killed fifty-eight tourists and four Egyptians outside a pharaonic temple. In the same year, an ambush…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/luxor-attack-in-1997-in-which-al-jamaa-al-islamiya-killed-fifty-eight/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“Cairo itself was founded under their rule in 969, as was Al-Azhar (whose name is derived from that of Al-Zahraa). The dynasty also inaugurated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/cairo-itself-was-founded-under-their-rule-in-969-as-was-al-azhar/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“But the society became characterized by a unique mix of Sunni theology and Shi'ite social traditions. Al-Azhar evolved and consolidated its unique status; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/but-the-society-became-characterized-by-a-unique-mix-of-sunni/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“unique mix of Sunni theology and Shi'ite social traditions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/unique-mix-of-sunni-theology-and-shi-ite-social-traditions/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“The Alexandria Bourse (the fourth largest worldwide) and the Cairo stock exchange were sizable, international markets. In fact, the story of the Alexandria Bourse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/the-alexandria-bourse-the-fourth-largest-worldwide-and-the-cairo/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“In general, the liberal experiment seemed to have failed to put forward a development programme for the country's poor, who continued to constitute more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/in-general-the-liberal-experiment-seemed-to-have-failed-to-put/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“Paris on the Nile’ or the ‘finery of Cairo’, Al-Ismailiya – a district to which Ismael gave his name – comprised large, wide avenues,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/paris-on-the-nile-or-the-finery-of-cairo-al-ismailiya-a-district-to/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“With the sole exception of Napoleon's campaign in Egypt, every single invasion the country witnessed in its history had come from the East. Sinai,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/with-the-sole-exception-of-napoleon-s-campaign-in-egypt-every-single/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) > [“Khaled Yousef's Hina Maysara a voyeuristic, smash-hit film, produced in 2007, recounts of the story of Cairene slums – such as Imbaba – in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarek-osman/khaled-yousef-s-hina-maysara-a-voyeuristic-smash-hit-film-produced-in/) [Tarek Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarek-osman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cairo/tarek-osman/#itemlist", "name": "1 Cairo Quotes By Tarek Osman", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Paris on the Nile’ or the ‘finery of Cairo’, Al-Ismailiya – a district to which Ismael gave his name – comprised large, wide avenues, piazzas, belle époque buildings and urban public gardens.8 He brought steam shipping to the Nile, which revolutionized internal trading. 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