When visiting Cairo, you will easily find the Mohamed Ali Mosque because of its striking features: Its dome rises up to 52 metres and the two minarets on the east side reach no less than 84 metres. Walking through the mosque, you will soon discover why it is also called the “Alabaster Mosque” Its interior and exterior walls are amazingly covered with alabaster up to a height of 11 metres. The Mohammed Ali Mosque crowns the citadel of Salah el-Din in Cairo. It was built between 1830 and 1848 by the architect Yousef Bushnak and at the request of Mohamed Ali Pasha.