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The Mosque of Ibn Tulun in Cairo (876-79) is not only the most complete Abbasid-style mosque to survive anywhere but also one of the very few mosques Westerners can still visit. Mentioned in every survey of Islamic architecture, the mosque has never received due treatment . . . generously illustrated with 19th-century and newly commissioned photographs, 3-D reconstructions, and evocative drawings. In the first of the book's two parts, the author puts the mosque in its historical and urban contexts; in the second part he meticulously describes the building and its parts, indicating how it changed over time as it was used not only for worship but also to house pilgrims and the poor. Commendably--and unusually--the author takes the story right up to the present, showing how the authentic mosque that tourists see today is really the product of decades of repeated renovations and restorations. --Choice

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Tarek Swelim obtained his Ph.D. in Islamic art and architecture from Harvard in 1994. He leads and lectures to American tour groups from prestigious institutions throughout Egypt, the Middle East, and North Africa, and he is the author or co-author of a number of publications on Cairo's Islamic and Roman architecture. He has taught at the American University in Cairo and Ain Shams University and is currently associate professor of Islamic art and architecture at the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies of the Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Doha, Qatar.

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