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Gallery <strong>of</strong> the Sama’khana after restoration.<br />
Credit: Barry Iverson, Aga Khan Award for Architecture.<br />
Mevlevi Sama‘khana<br />
Cairo, Egypt<br />
The Mevlevi Sama‘khana complex is an<br />
eighteenth century theatre <strong>and</strong> monastery<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Mevlevi whirling dervishes order. The<br />
Sama‘khana went through an extensive<br />
restoration in 1979.<br />
Read about conservation <strong>of</strong> the Mevlevi<br />
Sama‘khana<br />
View <strong>of</strong> the Sama‘khana from the cloisters.<br />
Credit: Barry Iverson,<br />
Aga Khan Award for Architecture.<br />
Whirling dervishes at the gallery <strong>of</strong> the Sama‘khana.<br />
Credit: Commons.wikimedia.org.<br />
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