El-Sakakini
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.
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• Name — El Sakkakini • Native Name — السكاكيني • Type — district • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Egypt • Subdivision Type1 — Governorate • Subdivision Name1 — Cairo Governorate • Time Zone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Time Zone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +3
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• Taha Hussein • The Palestinian president Yasser Arafat was raised in Sakkikini in the 1930s. • The composer Halim El-Dabh was born in Sakkakini in 1921.
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- 1.Raafat, Samir. 9. Adopt a Monument – Sakakini Palace: How About the Palace that Turns a Hundred Years Old this Year?. Egyptian Mail. 5 April 1997.
- 2.Sakakini Palace: The Story Behind One of Cairo's Architectural Gems. Egyptian Streets. 10 February 2020.
- 3.Report on Sakakini Pasha's granddaughter Asma el Bakri. Biblioteca Alexandrina.
- 4.Samuels, David. In a Ruined Country: How Yasir Arafat destroyed Palestine. The Atlantic. September 2005.
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