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  • Umm Khaltoum traditional coffe house (ahwa), attended mainly from fans of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, whose pictures and memorabilia decorate the walls. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • Umm Khaltoum traditional coffe house (ahwa), attended mainly from fans of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, whose pictures and memorabilia decorate the walls. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • Islamic Cairo. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. His portraits are everywhere, here in front of al-Hussein mosque.
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  • Islamic Cairo. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. His portraits are everywhere, here in front of al-Hussein mosque, with Sadat, Nasser and saudi King.
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  • Roda Island, Uum Kholtum Museum in Monastirly Palace. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. His portrait in the Museum .
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  • Roda Island, Uum Kholtum Museum in Monastirly Palace. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. His portrait in the Museum .
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  • Roda Island, Uum Kholtum Museum in Monastirly Palace. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. His portrait in the Museum .
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  • Roda Island, Uum Kholtum Museum in Monastirly Palace. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. His sunglasses.
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  • Roda Island, Uum Kholtum Museum in Monastirly Palace. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. His evening dresses .
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  • Roda Island, Uum Kholtum Museum in Monastirly Palace. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. His evening dresses .
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  • Roda Island, Uum Kholtum Museum in Monastirly Palace. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. Musical instruments utilised in some shows.
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