Call to Prayer in Cairo Egypt

Besides going to school, there is one other constant in our lives here in Egypt - the Call to Prayer. I'm not going to write much about it because I honestly don't know much about it. I do know that it is a call, letting people know that they need to pray. It happens five times per day. The times are always changing due to the Islamic calendar. Other than that, I don't know much about it. I would, however, like to learn more.

Anyway, our apartment is right across the street from a mosque. It's call the Thakanat El Maadi Mosque. Like I said, the Call to Prayer happens five times per day. Right now, those times are basically 4 am, 5:30 am, 3:30 pm, 6:15 pm, and 7:40 pm. That's right, we can hear the Call to Prayer at 4 am!! Sometimes we wake up, sometimes we don't. It's becoming just an everyday thing for us; sometimes we notice it more than others. I honestly don't mind it all that much. Though when it wakes me up at 4 am, I kind of get annoyed.

It is super easy to look up what the Call of Prayer means. Basically, it is saying that God is good. We need to pray. It really is kind of beautiful.

A couple of weeks ago, I took a video of the Call to Prayer that takes place across from our apartment. I didn't record the whole thing, but it only lasts a couple of minutes.