El Sakkakini
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El Sakkakini
السكاكيني | |
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  El Sakkakini Location in Egypt | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Cairo Governorate |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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 the head of the Syrian Skakkini family, Count Gabriel Habib Sakkakini Pasha (1841–1923), consisting of a palace and a church in the same area in 1897.[1][2] In addition, Sakkakini Pasha, is known to have established the Roman Catholic Patriarchate in Faggala and the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Old Cairo.[3]
Famous residents
[edit]- Taha Hussein
- The Palestinian president Yasser Arafat was raised in Sakkikini in the 1930s.[4]
- The composer Halim El-Dabh was born in Sakkakini in 1921.
References
[edit]- ↑ Raafat, Samir (5 April 1997). "9. Adopt a Monument – Sakakini Palace: How About the Palace that Turns a Hundred Years Old this Year?". Egyptian Mail. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008 – via Egy.com.
- ↑ "Sakakini Palace: The Story Behind One of Cairo's Architectural Gems". Egyptian Streets. 10 February 2020.
- ↑ "Report on Sakakini Pasha's granddaughter Asma el Bakri". Biblioteca Alexandrina.
- ↑ Samuels, David (September 2005). "In a Ruined Country: How Yasir Arafat destroyed Palestine". The Atlantic.
See also
[edit]Districts and suburbs of Greater Cairo | ||||||||||
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| Giza Governorate |
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| Qalyubia Governorate |
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30°04′01″N 31°15′58″E / 30.067°N 31.266°E
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