Al-Azhar University (Cairo)

Egypt / Kairo / Cairo / Al Azhar
 university, campus, academic institution
Al-Azhar University (pronounced "az-HAR", Arabic: الأزهر الشريف‎; Al-ʾAzhar al-Šarīf, "the Noble Azhar") in Egypt, founded in 975, is the chief centre of Arabic literature and Sunni Islamic learning in the world[1] and the world's second oldest surviving degree granting university.[2] It is associated with Al-Azhar mosque in Old Cairo. Another campus of the university is located in Nasr City, further east, a district of Cairo.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Azhar_University
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Coordinates:   30°2'42"N   31°15'51"E

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