Answer to edition 523
The architecture indicates the city is likely to be somewhere in the Middle East. Some may be able to identify the buildings as the Mosque of Sultan Hasan, built in the 13th century. It can be found in the Old Quarter of Cairo.

Last week's winners
Congratulations to those who identified the distorted city from Where in the World (523) as the Egyptian capital, Cairo: Tim (@timofnewbury), Todd (@toddunctious), Claudia (@crevilla_), Atul (@pixodentist) and Jackie (@jackiesjourneys).
Well done everyone.
This week's "Where in the World..."
The distorted photograph is from an angle that we don’t often see. The city is fairly well known even though it is not a tourist destination in the traditional sense. There are several clues as to the city’s identity

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