Capital nicknamed "the city of a thousand minarets” (5)

I believe the answer is:

cairo

(Other definitions for cairo that I've seen before include "Port upstream from the Nile delta" , "Egyptian capital" , "Capital of Egypt" , "Capital city on the Nile" , "Egypt's capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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