Khan al-Khalili

Monday 11. February 2008 — 16:09

While my friend Lesley was here visiting her in-laws in Alexandria, she and her two daughters, and her husbands cousin came to Cairo to go to the souq: Khan al-Khalili.

Khan al-Khalili is actually just the name of a single, very short street. However, a gigantic souq has sprung up in the past 1000 years which now comprises nearly an entire district of the city. It is superb. You can buy absolutely anything there.

We set out this day with a mission to purchase belly-dancing garb for a friend of Lesley’s and, as the photos of Sarah dancing will tell you, we were very successful.

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