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Boulaq [a] (Arabic: بولاق, romanized: Būlāq [1] from Ancient Greek: φυλακή "guard, customs post" [2]), is a district of Cairo, in Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile.
Būlāq, northwestern district of Cairo, Egypt. Situated on the Nile River, Būlāq was a major port suburb before the city of Cairo expanded to engulf it. Būlāq had been an island until the westward recession of the Nile revealed it in the mid-14th century. It was Cairo’s main port by 1560, and it.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 27, 2012 · Malek Adly, a lawyer with ECESR handling the Ramlet Boulaq case, told the Daily News Egypt that there are three types of decisions the government can make to take away land: confiscation ...
Mar 27, 2012 · Two new documentaries, “Boulaq: Among the Ruins of an Unfinished Revolution,” directed by Davide Morandini and Fabio Lucchini, and “On the Road to …. Downtown,” directed by Sherif al-Bendary, express the deep interconnectedness of the physical city to the lives lived within it.
- Helen Stuhr-Rommereim
Mar 28, 2013 · So, as many slums’s residents in Cairo, those of Ramlet Boulaq – an informal neighbourhood located about three kilometers north from the famous Tahrir Square, nearby the Nile Corniche – have to fight for the property of their land.
The Royal carriages Museum in Boulaq is one of the earliest of its kind worldwide, both from the prospect of the authenticity of its building and the originality of its displays. The building was particularly adapted to preserve the cultural heritage of the royal carriages and all related material dating back to the era of Mohammed Ali Dynasty.
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May 21, 2015 · On El Boulaq El Gedeed Street, Abu El Ela mosque — from where the name of the area, Boulaq Abu Ela, was derived — is just around the corner when you take a right from the Corniche. This is the first mosque that greets you when you enter the neighborhood.
