The Center for Islamic Civilization Studies, in cooperation with the “Memory of the Arabs” project, affiliated with the Academic Research Sector at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, has released the sixth issue of The Memory of Arabs magazine, devoted to the topic of “Cairo, the crossroads of cultures and civilizations from its inception to the end of the Mamluk era”. This release coincides with ICESCO's selection of Cairo as the Capital of Islamic Culture in 2022. The issue also sheds light on the cultural events organized by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

This issue includes refereed research dealing with: Egypt's contribution to the flourishing of the scientific movement in Andalusia, Al-Mustansiriya Cairo through the description of Nasir Khusraw in his book Safarnama, in addition to the diplomatic relations between the Sultans of Delhi, the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad and Cairo through Egyptian and Indian sources, a view of Cairo through Andalusian eyes, genealogy, and cultural symbols from the works of al-Qalqashandi, the aristocratic manifestations of the Azbakeya neighborhood in the era of the Mamluk state of Jaraksa, and the Quranic verses on the coins of the Fatimid caliphate and its dependent states.