El Sakkakini
السكاكيني | |
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Egypt |
| Governorate | Cairo Governorate |
| Time zone | UTC+2 ( EST) |
El Sakkakini ( Arabic: السكاكيني) is a small district (quarter) in Cairo, Egypt that neighbours the El Zaher and Abbaseya districts.
El Sakkakini was originally part of El Zaher, but it was named after a huge building built by a prominent French architect, and was owned by patriarch (head of the family), Count Gabriel Habib Sakkakini Pasha (1841–1923), consisting of a palace and a church in the same area in 1897. [1] In addition, Sakkakini Pasha, is known to have established the Roman Catholic Patriarchate in Faggala and the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Old Cairo. [2]
Famous residents
- Taha Hussein
- The Palestinian president Yasser Arafat was raised in Sakkikini in the 1930s. [3]
- The composer Halim El-Dabh was born in Sakkakini in 1921.
References
- ^ Egy.com Archived 2008-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Report on Sakakini Pasha's granddaughter Asma el Bakri
- ^ "In a Ruined Country". The Atlantic. September 2005.
See also
Districts and suburbs of
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| Cairo city Cairo Governorate |
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| Giza city Giza Governorate |
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| Shubra El Kheima city Qalyubia Governorate |
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30°04′01″N 31°15′58″E / 30.067°N 31.266°E
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