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Khan el-Khalili (Arabic: خان الخليلي) is a famous bazaar and souq (or souk) in the historic center of Cairo, Egypt.Established as a center of trade in the Mamluk era and named for one of its several historic caravanserais, the bazaar district has since become one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike.
Souq.com was the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. The company launched in 2005 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On March 28, 2017, Amazon.com Inc. acquired Souq.com for $580 million as a subsidiary. On May 1, 2019, Souq.com UAE became known as Amazon.ae, while on June 17, 2020, Souq.com KSA became known as Amazon.sa.
The Grand Bazaarin Istanbul, Turkey. A bazaar[a]or souk[b]is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stallsor shops,[1]especially in the Middle East,[2][1]the Balkans, North Africaand South Asia.[1] They are traditionally located in vaulted or covered streets that had doors on each end and served as a city's central marketplace. [3]
Ronaldo Mouchawar ( Arabic: رونالدو مشحور ), is a Syrian entrepreneur. In 2005, he co-founded Souq.com, the largest e-commerce retailer in the Arab World, making the e-commerce retailer the region's first unicorn. [1] When Amazon acquired Souq in 2017, Mouchewar became vice president of Amazon Middle East and North Africa. [2]
Sūq ʿUkāẓ (سوق عكاظ) Sūq ʿUkāẓ ( Arabic: سوق عكاظ [suːq ʕʊ.kaːðˤ]) is a marketplace at ʿUkāẓ, between Nakhla and al-Ṭāʾif, in Saudi Arabia. It was the largest and best known souq in pre-Islamic times. [1] Today it is a popular tourist destination. [2]
Fustat (Arabic: الفُسطاط, romanized: al-Fusṭāṭ), also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, and the historical centre of modern Cairo.It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by the Rashidun Muslim general 'Amr ibn al-'As immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of Amr, the first mosque built in Egypt.
Contents. Wadi El Natrun. Wadi El Natrun ( Arabic: وادي النطرون "Valley of Natron "; Coptic: ϢⲓϩⲏⲧŠihēt, "measure of the hearts" [ 2 ]) is a depression in northern Egypt that is located 23 m (75 ft) below sea level and 38 m (125 ft) below the Nile River level. The valley contains several alkaline lakes, natron -rich salt ...
Aleppo in 1912. The Ancient City of Aleppo ( Arabic: مدينة حلب القديمة, romanized : Madīnat Ḥalab al-Qadīma) is the historic city centre of Aleppo, Syria. Prior to the Syrian Civil War, many districts of the ancient city remained essentially unchanged since they were initially constructed between the 11th and 16th centuries.