Hussein El Me’mar Basha Street, Cairo
When the Townhouse Gallery gift shop is fully stocked, it’s a very good shop.
Category: Art Galleries and Shops
Khan al-Khalili is a major commercial market in the Islamic district of Cairo. Every Saturday & Wednesday weekly at 8:30 pm in Wiekalet El Ghouri Al Azhar St. Cairo there is a free dance show. I would recommend you check it out.
Nomad Gallery
14 Saray Elgezira,Zamalek
Cairo 11211, Egypt (Direction)
Tel : +2 02 27361917
Fax : +2 02 27362742
email: customerservice@nomadgallery.net
- Cairo Marriott Hotel
Zamalek Ground Floor
Cairo, Egypt.
Tel+202 2736 21 32 (Directions)
-20/24 El Sherifa Dina St , Maadi Sarayat.
Cairo, Egypt Inside On Safari .
Tel +20223809194 (Directions)
You will find Nomad Galleries in some hotels in Cairo. Good quality and good prices. Mass produced but well designed.
Azza Fahmy
Zamalek, Cairo
15 C Taha Hussein St.
On the Corner of Marashly
Te: +2 02 2735 8354
http://www.azzafahmy.com
This is the top jeweler in Egypt. You will find her work all throughout Europe. Prices for a key chain are $125 (USD) and up and prices for necklace are $500 and up. I have a key chain that I love and it has a poem in arabic on it that says, “You love Cairo and you will always come back.”
Almasar Gallery
Contemporary Art
Address: Behler’s Mansion
157 b. 26 July St.,
Ground Floor,
Zamalek, Cairo
Egypt
Tel: +2 02 2736 8537
+2 010 067 0705
+2 010 364 0300
Fax: +2 02 2736 8537
Email: info@almasargallery.com
Website: http://www.almasargallery.com
Working Hours: Saturday – Thursday
11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
* Fridays by appointment
General Contacts
Waleed Abdulkhalek
Art Consultant
Founder | director
w.abdulkhalek@almasargallery.com
This is one of the newest galleries in Cairo. Top notch artists can be found here including Potterist Muhammad Mandour. Prices for his work have gone up 5 times in the past 2 years and now are worth $3,000-5,000 and up.
11 Brazil Street
Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
Tel:(202) 2 735 1240
Fax: (202) 2 735 1240
Mobile:
(2) 012 224 1062
(2) 012 700 1900
Open from 10:30am until 9:00pm except Fridays
Zamalek Art Gallery is known for having some of the best sculptures and paintings in Cairo. Farouk Hosny’s, the former Ministry of Culture’s, paintings are on exhibit there. Farouk Hosny’s art has also been shown at The Four Seasons Hotel in Cairo and the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC. Also on exhibit at the Zamalek Art Gallery is Farghali’s Istanbul.
Alqahira Egyptian Crafted Arts
6 Bahgat Ali St.
Zamalek, Cairo
Tel: +2 011 3133932
If you want something very special with an Egyptian touch, Alqahira Egyptian Crafted Arts specializes in inlaid boxes. The price rages from $10-25 (USD).
13 Refa’a Street
Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
+20 374 86663
One of my favorite places to shop in Cairo is called NAGADA and is located on the left bank on the Nile River between Qena and Luxor. The best way to get there is to hire a taxi. If you’re staying at a hotel go to the hotel desk and ask them to write your destination, as well as your hotel address, in Arabic. It would be a good idea to ask the taxi to wait for you while you’re shopping.
NAGADA has been weaving for over a millennia and they have their 1,000 year old looms to prove it.
By far the most popular textile produced by Egypt in the 20th century was the ferka. The ferka, a scarf made of a combination of rayon and cotton, specialty died by the weavers employed many poor city people. However, in 1988 problems in Sudan caused most workers to abandon their projects.
Three years later a Canadian development project studied to restore the textile activity and taught craftsmen how to improve their weaving techniques. Although this specific study lasted only a year, the results inspired project leader Michel Pastore, Swiss potter turned fabric maker, to team up with Sylva Nasrallah, fashion designer, and create NAGADA.
Together they created the concept to reveal modern traits in clothing and fabrics as well as home furnishings which are adapted to contemporary life. They have a large ceramics section which is made by one of the owners and children. I love this collection, especially the pottery made by the children, and have collected over 40 pieces.
Prices for Michel Pastore pottery:
(around) 860 Egyptian Pounds which = $151 USD
Prices for the children’s pottery:
(around) 130 Egyptian Pounds which = $5-23 USD
Price are dated for the year 2007
