El Sakkakini is a small district (quarter) in Cairo, Egypt that neighbours the El Zaher and Abbaseya districts.
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 the head of the Syrian Skakkini family, Count Gabriel Habib Sakkakini Pasha (1841–1923), consisting of a palace and a church in the same area in 1897. In addition, Sakkakini Pasha, is known to have established the Roman Catholic Patriarchate in Faggala and the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Old Cairo.
Famous residents
- Taha Hussein
- The Palestinian president Yasser Arafat was raised in Sakkikini in the 1930s.4
- The composer Halim El-Dabh was born in Sakkakini in 1921.
See also
30°04′01″N 31°15′58″E / 30.067°N 31.266°E / 30.067; 31.266
References
Egy.com Archived 2008-02-25 at the Wayback Machine http://www.egy.com/landmarks/97-04-05.shtml ↩
Facts, The Fascinating El Sakakini Pasha Palace-5; says, More-ConnollyCove (2020-02-10). "Sakakini Palace: The Story Behind One of Cairo's Architectural Gems | Egyptian Streets". Retrieved 2024-08-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) https://egyptianstreets.com/2020/02/10/sakakini-palace-the-story-behind-one-of-cairos-architectural-gems/ ↩
Report on Sakakini Pasha's granddaughter Asma el Bakri http://www.bibalex.org/alexcinema/cinematographers/Asma_el_Bakri.html ↩
"In a Ruined Country". The Atlantic. September 2005. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/09/in-a-ruined-country/304167/ ↩