The district is named for Sayyida Nafisa, a great-granddaughter of Imam Hasan renowned for her piety and learning, whose tomb here became a major shrine.
She settled in Egypt in the 8th century and was so venerated that Imam al-Shafi'i is said to have prayed at her side. Her shrine anchors a quarter of the Khalifa district.
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