ChI Shops at….
Recommended boutiques, shops,
• Nagada, 13 Refa’a St, Dokki Tel +202 748 6663 www.nagada.net for
original designer women’s clothes made from fabrics from Egypt, Turkey,
India (including Brigitte Sindh block prints) and household items, as well as
the renowned Fayyum pottery. Open 10-6.30 daily.
• Contemporary designer jewellery by Maja Soric of Cairo and Zaghreb,
http://www.majasoric.com , recently featured in the Nagada fashion show in late
2007 at the French Embassy. 5 Ibn El Nabih St Apt 20, 5th floor. Phone for
appointments on +010 114 6189.
• Azza Fahmy silver and gold calligraphy jewellery with semi precious stones,
from her outlets in the Four Seasons First Mall, Giza Tel 202 573 7687, or
near the Shooting Club – or indeed, in Dubai in the Emirates Towers.
Azza Fahmy www.spectrumwomen.blogspot.com
• Nakhla for gold jewellery
• Tanis fabrics and interiors, in the First Mall tel 573 0609, for interesting
orientalist designer fabrics and cushions
• Al Khatoun 3, Mohamed Abdo St, behind Al Azhar Mosque, for Suzanne Al
Masry and her artist colleagues’ collection of handwoven fabrics, silver
jewellery, calligraphy-printed bolts of cloth, lamps and more! Near the
Zainab Khatoun House, and the Beit al Harrawi Cultural Centre. Tel 514 7164
• Mix & Match for women’s cotton and linen clothing – collections are better
in summer than winter, but the odd interesting item still crops, up…. Located
on Hassan Sabry St in Zamalek.
• Mobaco at 248 Sudan St, Mohandesseen, or in the Marriott Hotel in Zamalek
(on Saray El Gezira St). High-quality Egyptian cotton, great French-inspired
casual clothes that last well and – for the average Westerner and the
affluent Egyptian - are reasonably priced.
• The First Mall next to the Four Seasons in Dokki, 35 El Giza St. Take a look
in Mohamed al Saghir (shop No 220) for women’s clothes
• Diwan Bookstore, at 159 26th July St (round the corner from Abu el Sid
restaurant), for coffee, and the latest titles in Arabic and English. Tel +202
2736 2582. Diwan also has an outlet in Heliopolis at 105 Abu Bakr El Seddiq
St., and it even has a home delivery service! Tel +20 12 600 0168
• Heba Linens, for 400-threadcount sheets, which has outlets in the First
Mall of the Four Seasons in Dokki – tel. 0207 957 171, as well as in the
Intercontinental Hotel, and in the City Stars mall in Heliopolis.