El_Sakkakini

El Sakkakini

El Sakkakini

District in Cairo Governorate, Egypt

El Sakkakini (Arabic: السكاكيني) is a small district (quarter) in Cairo, Egypt that neighbours the El Zaher and Abbaseya districts.

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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

References

  1. [1]
    Egy.com Archived 2008-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Report on Sakakini Pasha's granddaughter Asma el Bakri
  3. [3]
    "In a Ruined Country". The Atlantic. September 2005.

See also

30.067°N 31.266°E / 30.067; 31.266


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