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Gezira is an island in the Nile, in central Cairo, Egypt. The southern portion of the island contains the Gezira district, and the northern third contains the Zamalek district. Gezira is west of downtown Cairo and Tahrir Square, connected across the Nile by four bridges each on the east and west sides, the Qasr El Nil Bridge, 15 May Bridge, Al ...
Cairo Festival City is a large-scale real estate development owned by the renowned Futtaim conglomerate, located in the suburb of New Cairo in Egypt. This mixed-use urban community spans approximately 3 million square meters or 700 acres and offers residential , commercial, and leisure facilities.
Zamalek (Arabic: الزمالك pronounced [ez.zæˈmæːlek], al zamalek) is a qism (ward) within the West District (hayy gharb) in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. [1] It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, with the bahr al-a'ma (Blind Canal) cut during the second half of the 19th Century to separate it from the west ...
Roda Island (or Rawdah Island, Arabic: جزيرة الروضة, Jazīrat ar-Rawdah [ɡɪˈziːɾɪt eɾˈɾoːdɑ]) is an island neighbourhood in the Nile in central Cairo, alternatively or partially known as Manial al-Roda, or al-Manial, [1] in reference to the main village that existed on the island before it was urbanised, [2] and is part of the Misr al-Qadima district.
From the 1880s to the early 1900s, Egyptians from the older neighborhoods flocked to the trendier, up-and-coming parts of the city including Garden City and [10] during the British occupation of Egypt. [10] After 1952, there was a movement in direct response to the period of nationalist construction that took place throughout Egypt. [6]
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El Marg. El Marg (Arabic: المرج pronounced [elˈmæɾɡ]) is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, [1] Egypt, bordering Qalyubia Governorate near Shubra El Kheima.It was separated from the El Salam district (to its south) on 1 April 1994.
Qorsaya Island (or el-Qursaya, Kursaya, Arabic: جزيرة القرصاية, Ǧazīrat al-Qurṣāya) is a Nile island located in the metropolitan region of Cairo near the western Nile shore south of Roda Island and near of Dahab Island. The island belongs to Giza and has a strong agricultural character.