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Mosque of Sayyida Sukayna

Cairo, Egypt

Mosque of Sayyida Sukayna
Mosque of Sayyida Sukayna. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Mosque of Sayyida Sukayna or Mosque of Sayyida Sakina is a historic mosque in Cairo, Egypt. According to an apocryphal tradition, it contains the tomb of Sakina, a daughter of Husayn. The current building dates from 1904. It is located in the historic al-Khalifa neighbourhood, on the outskirts of Cairo's Southern Cemetery.

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