The Journey From Baghdad to Cairo

The caravan journey was uneventful, and after sixty sunrises and three hundred prayers, Fuad ibn Nabas reached Cairo. There he had to navigate the city's streets, which are a bewildering maze compared to the harmonious design of the city of peace. He made his way to the Bain al-Qasran, the main street that runs through the Fatimid quarter of Cairo. The shopkeeper led him into a back room in which center stood another gate of years. His younger self was as gracious as his older.