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
near el-Muayyad Sheikh Mosque in the el-Hussein
neighbourhood in Islamic Cairo. 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
