Chinatown thrives in heart of Cairo
A Chinese district close to Al-Azhar University reflects the growth in Egypt's Chinese community over the past 10 to 15 years.
In a narrow street in Cairo’s Abbasiya district, a group of Chinese restaurants, stores and internet cafes thrive as Egyptian and Chinese customers, as well as tourists, find their way to this small Chinatown in the capital.
Cairo’s Chinatown is warmly embraced by Egyptians in the area who say that having a small Chinatown in Egypt can bring people from two different cultures closer and enhance relations between the two countries.
“The food is delicious and at a good price,” Mohannad Osama, one of the customers of a Chinese restaurant on Ahmed Saeed Street, told Al-Monitor.
Osama described the service as “good,” although he said he had some difficulty communicating with the Chinese waiters. “All in all, my friends and I enjoyed the experience a lot,” he said.
