Al Daher

Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia.

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Type: Neighborhood
Description: district of Cairo, Egypt
Also known as: “Al-Daher”, “Daher”, “Daher, Cairo”, “Daher, Egypt”, “El Daher”, “El Daher, Egypt”, “El Zaher”, “El-Zahir”, “الظاہر”, “حي الظاهر”, and “شياخة الظاهر”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coptic Hospital and Ramses Railway Station.

Coptic Hospital

Hospital

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Ramses Railway Station

Railway station

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Ramses Railway Station, also called Misr Station, is the main railway station of Cairo, Egypt. The name is derived from the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, whose statue was erected by former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser on the square there in 1955.

Al-Azhar Mosque

Mosque

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Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in the historic Islamic core of the city of Cairo, Egypt. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970 CE, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Boulaq.

Islamic Cairo

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Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.