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The City of a Thousand Minarets
By waelsaad
July 11th, 2008
Nowhere in the Muslim world can you find such a profusion of domes and minarets as in Cairo. Rising from the haze of crowded, crumbling streets in the old, chaotic, yet picturesque medieval parts of the city, they dominate the city's skyline. Minarets, indeed, are Cairo's joy and ornament and the source of Cairenes' favorite nickname: "Madeenet el alf Midhana," "the city of a thousand minarets."
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Your Comments
Posted By: Chris Gin
Sun July 27th, 2008 at 03:19:39 AM CDT
Absolutely stunning pic!! One of the best I've seen.
insightful
unnecessary
Posted By: waelsaad
Sun July 27th, 2008 at 08:06:30 AM CDT
thank you my dear :)
Posted By: Giovanni Di Gregorio
Wed July 30th, 2008 at 07:05:50 AM CDT
Simply marvellous.
Posted By: a_m0d
Wed August 6th, 2008 at 08:56:27 PM CDT
Is this image a real photo, or did you photo shop a number of different images together?
Posted By: ZenTendencies
Thu August 7th, 2008 at 09:02:19 PM CDT
Wonderful :) This became my wall in about ten seconds!
Posted By: idmadj
Sun August 31st, 2008 at 06:39:41 PM CDT
The colors and composition are great. The photoshopping is good (duplication is rare and elements are, in most cases, well defined), but it still needs a some work. There are some perspective problems here and there (the most obvious being on the bottom of the biggest minaret). Also, the way the water on the left fades into the city looks awkward in comparison to the general quality of the rest of the picture. Still, the choice of imagery is very good and the HDRI look you gave it is pretty convincing.
Posted By: waelsaad
Tue September 9th, 2008 at 08:21:26 PM CDT
thanks idmadj for the great critique i think you are right when you talk about the perspective issues :)
Posted By: fgjk
Sun September 14th, 2008 at 11:55:17 AM CDT
I would just like you to know that this stunning piece of artwork is now my desktop image, replacing a image that had held that place for about 2 years...
Amazing job..
Amazing job..
Posted By: AnkurP992
Mon September 22nd, 2008 at 05:05:23 PM CDT
The Muslim world is almost never portrayed beautiful, i find this to look amazing and snagged a spot on my desktop. Great work!
Posted By: yuga
Thu October 9th, 2008 at 01:13:17 PM CDT
Very nice ! Thank you
Posted By: ternim
Mon December 1st, 2008 at 03:34:32 PM CDT
One of my favorite wallpapers ever! Simply breathtaking!
Posted By: theroyalestella
Wed December 10th, 2008 at 01:32:42 PM CDT
On my top 5 list. The whole idea is just great, it sort of dream-like, which I always love in a wallpaper. When I open my laptop I find myself just looking at the picture for awhile, I see something new I like about it every time. : )
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