El Fishawy - Cairo

In one of the preferred neighborhoods to meet, the cairota, the hose in the cairo. Built in 1832 by garkas al jalili, it was the foreman of a sultan, being one of the oldest bazaars in the Islamic world. the door we enter, is the one of the barbers, a true labyrinth of alleys, where it is sold from all as crowded, as fascinating. enjoy the bustling bazaar full of people, both local and tourist. on the right the madness or the Koranic school of the student of which comes the name of the door. narrow streets with decorated stone walls, access to arches where light is filtered, to the narrowness of commerce. and like many more, we look for the famous fishermen coffee, one of the old coffees decorated with many ojivale mirrors, have a good weed tea and share, a shisha or water pipe. while you are pleased to observe the scribes, a trade even maintained, along with antiques and jewelry sales activity. It is 1773, visited by the Egyptian writer, naguib mahfouz, his great work the alley of miracles that I decided to buy back and in moments to revive, that bazaar of jan el jali.