Five times a day in the 83 square mile city of Cairo,
over 30,000 muezzins call out the adhan, or call to
prayer, calling believers to come and to pray. This
‘Asr (afternoon) adhan was recorded on a rooftop on
Road 9 in the neighbourhood of Ma’adi. The
recording captures the voices of the muezzins of
Cairo, all of whose calls begin a few seconds apart
from one another. The muezzins calling from far away
mosques and mosques closest to location can be
heard: please control the volume accordingly.Audio recordings from 10 locations in Cairo representing the city-wide call to prayer (over 30,000 muezzins reciting each of the 5 times per day) as heard from each area/neighbourhood, with supporting photographs of the locations and what is seen from said location.Hartley Film Foundation, National Geographic All Roads Film Project, Lucius and Eva Eastman Fun
