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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. 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.
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 Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey. A bazaar [a] or souk [b] is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, [1] especially in the Middle East, [2] [1] the Balkans, North Africa and 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.
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]
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 ...
April 30, 2024 at 5:47 AM. Excavations in northeastern Egypt recently unearthed the ruins of a 3,400-year-old building fit for a king — literally. Archaeologists found the ruined house at the ...
1984 or 1985 (age 39–40) Citizenship. German. Education. Monroe College. Occupation. Businessman. Saygin Yalcin ( Turkish: Saygın Yalçın; [1] born 1984 [2]) is a Dubai-based German entrepreneur and academic lecturer of Turkish origin. [3] He founded sukar.com which was acquired by Souq.com, which was then acquired by Amazon for $580 million.