Zainab Khatoon
A Mamluk-era courtyard house in Islamic Cairo, now a historic café
About
Beit Zeinab Khatoun is a preserved Mamluk house near Al-Azhar Mosque, built in 1486 with later Ottoman-era additions, named after the woman who sheltered wounded fighters here during resistance to the French occupation in 1798. Its restored courtyard now operates as the Tekiyet Khan Khatoun café, serving tea, coffee and shisha among the old stone arches.
Source: cairo360.com
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