Zamalek Island

Zamalek Island at night from the top of Cairo Tower.

Zamalek neighborhood is one of the finest neighborhoods in the west of Cairo. It is located on an island in the center of the Nile, called Zamalek Island or Al Jazeera. Zamalek is a Turkish word meaning wooden huts or eagles in the Egyptian dialect, where the clay island of the Nile was a starting point for the fishermen who used to store their tools in the nest, and it was also a place for their rest during hunting periods. It has been said that it has been growing in this area The Zamalek region has been famous since the first quarter of the twentieth century as one of the finest and quietest neighborhoods of Cairo and the residence of the wealthy city