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    The Mokattam (Egyptian Arabic: المقطم  [elmoˈʔɑtˤ.tˤɑm], also spelled Muqattam), also known as the Mukattam Mountain or Hills, is the name of an Eastern...
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    70,000. The largest settlement is Mokattam village, nicknamed "Garbage City," located at the foot of the Mokattam Plateau, next to Manshiyat Nasser....
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    "The Egyptian daily "Al Mokattam" supported the partition". The Jerusalem Post. 30 November 1947. the influential daily "Al Mokattam"... supporting partition...
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    the east, central Cairo districts to the west (Historic Cairo), and the Mokattam district to the south. It is famous for the Garbage City quarter, which...
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    the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the story of the moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt, during the rule of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph...
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    Ahmet Karadja Ahmet Myftari, Dede Baba (1916–1980) Ahmet Sirri Baba of Mokattam (1895–1963) Ali Baba of Berat Ali Baba of Tomorr (1900–1948) Ali Baba Horasani...
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    westward, providing the site between the eastern edge of the river and the Mokattam highlands on which the city now stands. The land on which Cairo was established...
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    monuments known to come from this site are: The Colossi of Memnon The Mokattam hills are a site located near Memphis. The hills were quarried for limestone...
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    Voter line in Mokattam, Cairo, during the 19 March 2011 constitutional referendum extending from the built-up area of Mokattam into the desert. The referendum...
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    involves al-Mu'izz challenging Pope Abraham of Alexandria to move the Mokattam mountain in Cairo, recalling a verse in the Gospel of Matthew which says:...
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