Egypt’s Ministry of Lifestyle Launches “Memory of the City” Tours of Cairo’s Oldest Neighborhoods



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In an hard work to spotlight Cairo’s culturally and traditionally-wealthy neighborhoods, the Ministry of Tradition – together with the National Organisation for City Harmony – has released a series of heritage tours entitled “Memory of the Town” with a new web-site.

This falls under a larger sized initiative by the ministry to boost additional recognition amongst holidaymakers and Cairenes alike of the capital’s attractive neighborhoods, with a aim on several aspects of intangible heritage this sort of as the ‘Lived Listed here‘ initiative which – via plaques – provides passersby insights into buildings after occupied by notable figures, in addition to the “Road Story” initiative which introduces men and women to the tale driving Egypt’s most influential figures who have experienced streets named after them.

The initiative will be inaugurated by way of a going for walks tour of Zamalek, as the affluent island has hosted several artists, cultural influencers, and adjust-makers throughout the many years. In its Fb post, the Ministry of Culture additional discussed its conclusion to kick off the initiative with a tour of the island, stating that Zamalek is one particular of the oldest and most stunning neighborhoods in Cairo – to start with coined as the ‘middle’ island thanks to its location in between Bulaq and Rawda. In the Mamluk period (through the reign of Sultan Al-Kamil Shaaban), Zamalek witnessed the establishment of gorgeous palaces, gardens, making it 1 of Cairo’s most sought-soon after places to live. ‘Memory of the City’ has also launched an e-ebook readily available on the site having viewers by means of the history of Zamalek, its fluctuating urban and cultural landscape, in addition to even further particulars on notable figures that have inhabited the island.

You can stay up to day on the initiative’s long run projects by using its site and the Ministry of Culture’s Fb web page.