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Trade, crafts and everyday market life. Places and routes for markets, to help you shape your day.
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4 places
One walk through a thousand years of Cairo
Al-Muizz Street is the clearest historic spine of Fatimid Cairo. Running between Bab al-Futuh and Bab Zuwayla, it passes mosques, madrasas, houses, sabils and markets built across successive Islamic periods.
Street or quarter · Al-Gamaliya, Cairo Under review
Scents, bargaining and the beautiful noise of old Cairo
Amir Jaharkas al-Khalili established a merchants’ khan here in 1382, and the name stayed with the district. Today Khan el-Khalili is a network of lanes, shops, workshops and cafés in Historic Cairo rather than a single monument.
Market · Al-Gamaliya, Cairo Under review
Working workshops where clay becomes pottery
Fustat Pottery Village is a dedicated pottery-making district with dozens of workshops and kilns. The visit is about seeing a working craft environment, with opportunities to watch shaping, preparation and firing when the workshops are active.
Craft workshop · Fustat – Old Cairo, Cairo Under review
A craft visible in each stitch.
Tentmakers' shops south of Bab Zuweila, with hand-appliquéd textiles and opportunities to learn about stitches and fabric layers.
Market · Al-Darb al-Ahmar, Cairo Under reviewTalk to us
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