X-Nico

unusual facts about Downtown Cairo


Downtown Cairo

Cafe Riche later became an intellectual hub frequented by people such as Nagib Mahfouz, Taha Hussein, and Ahmed Fouad Negm.


Gezira Island

Gezira Island is west of downtown Cairo and Tahrir Square, connected across the Nile by three bridges each on the east and west sides, including the Qasr al-Nil Bridge and 6th October Bridge.


see also

Khairy Pasha palace

The Khairy building was acquired by the American Mission in Egypt in 1919, and opened as the original 1920 American University at Cairo campus structure in downtown Cairo.

Rehab City

At the North East side of New Cairo, at the intersection of the Eastern Ring Road with the Cairo/Suez Road, lies Al Rehab; ten minutes from Heliopolis and Nasr City, at the extension of Thawra street and Zakker Hussein street, from Nasr City, and 30 minutes from downtown Cairo.