SHOPPING IN EGYPT
Cairo is one of the famous places in Egypt which have many shopping centers. It is located in and around Cairo. Egyptian products are so varied and can meet various tastes and different levels of in come. It also competes international standards
Egypt is a wonderland of shopping opportunities. One of the great delights of Egypt is the shopping! However, there are many pitfalls: from learning how to bargain to knowing where the best places are to buy certain goods; from understanding Arabic price tickets to getting the insider knowledge as to which are the best shops to choose. We can guide you to the best shops in each city and town; can tell you which ones are best avoided; and can point out the shops that are the most entertaining(!), if not the best value
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We can introduce you to the traditional markets (souks) at a leisurely pace that will guarantee that you do not feel pressured, while being able to develop the necessary shopping survival skills at yur own pace
Shopping in Egypt provide numerous opportunities of market research of Egypt. From the famous bazaars of Egypt to the thousands of unusual stores, are scattered all over the country. Egypt is the wonderland for shopping lovers
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The most interesting shopping area in Egypt is Cairo. Cairo's old bazaar popularly known as "Khan-el-Khalili" is the major shopping center of Egypt. Antiques, jewelry, spices, copper utensils and Coptic cloth are some of the special item attractions of this market.
Another popular shopping area of Egypt is the market of Khan Misr Touloun. Located just in front of the mosque Ibn Touloun, it offers ethnic-style clothes, bedspreads, tablecloths, objects made of wood, glazed pottery, beaded bags, leather masks etc.
Souq al-Goma'a (Friday Market) is a very popular market where visitors of all class can find goods at much cheaper prices. From kitchen utensils and footwear to furniture. One of the best and the most entertaining places to buy fabric is the Wekalat Al-Balah market again of Cairo
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Specific products of Egypt includes baskets, belly dancing costumes, jewelry, musical instruments, perfume bottles, goods containing mother of pearl of Egypt, sophisticated and beautiful wood work items, hand made Egyptian brass items, textile products etc
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While shopping in Egypt you will came with bargaining experience face to face. So the best deal is to buy things from fixed price stores. But if you're good at bargaining then you can enjoy shopping in Egypt at much cheaper prices
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Egypt has limited hours for shopping. During winter season: Tuesday, Wednesday, FridaY andSaturday from 0900-1900 and on Monday and Thursday from 0900-2000.
During summer season: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday-Sunday 0900-1230 and 1600-2000.
Egypt has special shopping hours during Ramadan festival.
Hours vary as shops are often closing on Sund
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[align=center]There is no currency exchange problem in Egypt as all common international currencies are accepted.
However, you should remember that in Egypt the experience of shopping is more valuable than the goods purchased[/align].
In Cairo
There are many places where you can do your
shopping
like the following;
Bazaars And Bargaining;
One of the pleasures of Cairo is to get lost in the bazaars (souqs) and take in the sights, smells and sounds of life in all its chaos and glory.You can shop for carpets, camels, shoes, books and veils or whatever else takes your fancy
Shopping streets and malles
Pick up belly-dancing costumes, appliquéd cushion covers and hand-blown glass dishes from labyrinthine Khan-el-Khalili. Downtown's crowded Qasr-el-Nil has clothes, music shops and books. Zamalekshows off its stylish boutiques on 26th July Street, and Wekalat Al-Balah neighborhood spills over with fabrics. City Star is a huge mall in the Intercontinental Hotel in Heliopolis and Arkadia is on Corniche El Nil. Shehab St., Mohandessin, Cairo/Giza. - Mohi El-Din
Abu El-‘Ezz St.,Mohandeseen, Cairo/Giza.
During the Greco-Roman period (332 BC − AD 639), Egyptian literature was translated into other languages, and Greco-Roman literature fused with native art into a new style of writing.
From this period comes the Rosetta Stone, which became the key to unlocking the mysteries of Egyptian writing to modern scholarship. The great city of Alexandria boasted its famous Library of almost half a million handwritten books during the third century BC.
Alexandria's centre of learning also produced the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint.
During the first few centuries of the Christian era, Egypt was the ultimate source of a great deal of ascetic literature in the Coptic language.
Egyptian monasteries translated many Greek and Syriac works, which are now only extant in Coptic. Under Islam, Egypt continued to be a great source of literary endeavour, now in the Arabic language.
In 970, al-Azhar University was founded in Cairo, which to this day remains the most important centre of Sunni Islamic learning. In 12th century Egypt, the Jewish Talmudic scholar Maimonides produced his most important work
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