{"id":3821,"date":"2025-12-04T15:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moudev.com\/en\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:01:19","slug":"demolition-of-cairos-historic-cemeteries-erases-1200-years-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/demolition-of-cairos-historic-cemeteries-erases-1200-years-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Demolition of Cairo&#8217;s historic cemeteries erases 1,200 years of history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0579-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Part of Sayeda Nafisa Cemetery \" class=\"wp-image-3823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0579-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0579-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0579-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0579-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0579-450x338.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0579-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0579.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Partly destroyed tomb in Sayeda Nafisa cemetery. Photo Ibrahim Taie <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ongoing demolition of Cairo\u2019s historic cemeteries, known as the &#8220;Cities of the Dead,&#8221; threatens to erase centuries of history, as bulldozers tear apart a unique urban and historical fabric to make way for traffic axes and tourist developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most stark example is the systematic destruction of the 1,200-year-old Al-Sayyeda Nafisa tombs. The northern section of Al-Qarafa Al-Sughra, or the Lesser Cemetery, now faces near-total eradication, with only a handful of landmark domes and mausoleums left standing in isolation amidst the rubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ongoing demolition of Cairo\u2019s historic cemeteries, known as the &#8220;Cities of the Dead,&#8221; threatens to erase centuries of history, as bulldozers tear apart a unique urban and historical fabric to make way for traffic axes and tourist developments. The most stark example is the systematic destruction of the 1,200-year-old Al-Sayyeda Nafisa tombs. The northern<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-greater-cairo"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev1.reeras.site\/babmsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}