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Souq.com was the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. The company launched in 2005 in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . [2] On March 28, 2017, Amazon.com Inc. acquired Souq.com for $580 million as a subsidiary.
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.
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]
Qasaba of Radwan Bey. / 30.0420250°N 31.257551000°E / 30.0420250; 31.257551000. The Qasaba of Radwan Bey is a souq and covered market in Cairo, Egypt, located directly south of the Bab Zuweila gate and just outside the historic walled city. Its dates to around 1650 CE, when its founder, Radwan Bey, initiated a series of constructions ...
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]
Sharm El Sheikh is the administrative hub of Egypt's South Sinai Governorate, which includes the smaller coastal towns of Dahab and Nuweiba as well as the mountainous interior, St. Catherine and Mount Sinai. It was historically a fishing town and military base, and was developed into a commercial and tourist-centric city in 1968 by Israel. [2]
Souk El Attarine ( Arabic: سوق العطارين ), or souk of spice traders, is the name by which most spice markets are referred to in Arab countries in the Middle East. Old cities ( Jerusalem, Damascus, Amman, Beirut, Tunis, Marrakach) were often divided into segments based on what was sold - meat, spices, fabrics and so on - and attarine ...
Khayamiya in Cairo. Khayamiya (Egyptian Arabic: خيّامية khayyāmiyah) is a decorative Egyptian art appliqué textile, that dates back to as far as Ancient Egypt. They are now primarily made in Cairo, Egypt, along what is known as the Street of the Tentmakers (Shari'a al-Khayamiyya, or Suq al-Khayamiyya) centered in the Qasaba of Radwan Bey, a historic covered market built in the 17th ...