Al Sharabeya

Places of Interest

Sakakini Palace

Photo: Mohamed abdelzaher, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Habib Pasha El Sakakini Palace is a palace in the al-Zahir district of Cairo, Egypt. Built for the contractor Gabriel Habib Sakakini and completed in 1897, it stands on the site of a former lake at the meeting point of eight roads.

Coptic Hospital

Hospital

Photo: ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2, CC0.

Ramses Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: Faris knight, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Al Daher

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Islamic Cairo

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Boulaq

Suburb

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Boulaq, is a district of Cairo, in Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile. Boulaq is situated 2½ km southwest of Al Sharabeya.

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