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Marŝarto24 New 2024

Walking to the Maqam

The Qarafaa, City of the dead, below the Moqatam hill in Cairo
27G8+C4 El Khalifa, Egypt
90 minutes
Walking piece

It’s a walk through a historic Egyptian Cementary towards a Maqam (Shrine) of a Sufi Saint Ibn Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari, two artists took this walk, for an hour and half, reading parts from Sufi’s book Al-Hikam al-‘Ata`iyyah.

Credits

Eman Abdou & Hatice Kaufmann

APA style reference

Abdou, E. (2024). Walking to the Maqam. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/walking-to-the-maqam/

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slew

A short walk or stroll, as in “I’ll take a slew around the harbour before going to bed.” from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (University of Toronto Press, 1982).

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