El-Sakakini

El-Sakakini

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

Sakakini was originally part of El Zaher, but it was named after a wealthy, famous, family of Syrian origin, whose patriarch (head of the family), Count Gabriel Habib Sakakini Pasha (1841-1923) had built a palace and a church in the area in 1897. [ [http://www.egy.com/landmarks/97-04-05.shtml Egy.com] ] In addition, Sakakini Pasha, is known to have established the Roman Catholic Patriarchate in Faggala and the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Old Cairo [ [http://www.bibalex.org/alexcinema/cinematographers/Asma_el_Bakri.html Report on Sakakini Pasha's granddaughter Asma el Bakri] ] .

Famous residents

*Palestinian president Yasser Arafat was raised in Sakikini in the 1930s.
*Composer Halim El-Dabh was born in Sakakini in 1921

References

ee also

*Khalil al-Sakakini


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