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.^[1] In addition, Sakakini Pasha, is known to have established the Roman Catholic Patriarchate in Faggala and the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Old Cairo.^[2]

Famous residents

• The Palestinian president Yasser Arafat was raised in Sakikini in the 1930s.^[3]
• The composer Halim El-Dabh was born in Sakakini in 1921.

References

See also

• Khalil al-Sakakini

Districts and suburbs of Greater Cairo Cairo Governorate Abbassia Ain Shams Azbakeya Bulaq Daher El-Manial El-Marg Helwan 15 May Mokattam City of the Dead Manshiyat Naser Nasr City El-Quba Rhoda El-Sakakini Shobra Shobra neighborhood Elsahel Road El Farag Zeitoun Historical Coptic Cairo Downtown Cairo Faggala Fustat Islamic Cairo Mataria Old Cairo Affluent Garden City Heliopolis Maadi Sheraton Zamalek Newly planned Badr Madinaty New Cairo el Banafseg Yasmin el Tagamoa el Khames Rehab Sehraya New Heliopolis Shorouk Giza Governorate Giza Agouza el Warraq Feisal Giza (district) Haram Imbaba Historical Kerdasa Affluent Dokki Mohandessin Newly planned 6 October City Dreamland Palm Hills Sheikh Zayed Qalyubia Governorate Shubra El-Kheima Newly planned Obour

Coordinates: 30°04′01″N 31°15′58″E / 30.067°N 31.266°E / 30.067; 31.266