Shubra (or Shobra, Shoubra) is an administrative region and forms a relatively small area that represents about one quarter of the
district with the same name in
Cairo,
Egypt.
It neighbours the areas of
Elsahel to the north,
Sharabeya to the east,
Road El Farag to the west, and Shobra tunnel and Cairo central railway station to the south, the latter of which separate Shobra from the
Downtown Cairo area.
Notable residents
In the 1940s and 1950s
Nazir Gayyed (before becoming Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria in 1971) was very active in his church and served as a Sunday School teacher, at Saint Anthony Church in Shobra.[1]
Bishop Youssef (the first Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States[2]) also served at Saint Anthony Church in Shobra.
Bishop Moussa (the first Bishop of youth[3]) used to also serve in Shobra, before being a monk.