Transported through time

Hustle and very narrow alleys .. talking .. voices high in all languages! And faces from around the world! Many colors and fragrances and perfumes overlapping! Thousands goods greets you on the aspects of cutting roads that lead to all of Khan Khalili ! It is one of the most famous markets in Cairo, perhaps best known to all of us as well as all the major tourist attraction. Urging and even within the Khan mind feeling that you moved over time to visit the old and markets historical Within this place hundreds of shops and called it is characterized by the Khan bazaars in one type of merchandise, but diverse in almost devoid of goods or gifts needed by the tourist shops, there by the gold and silver handicrafts, clothing, and sold carpets and perfumes and hand Perfumery and leatherware and small statues and Alsobh contracts and jewelry made of precious stones When the little stones Khan Khalili must remember handicrafts special engraving on metals such as copper, wood or coincidence. Khan located in the heart of historic Cairo Faihdh from the South Street essence commander, and the West Street goats to the religion of Allah Fatimid, and the Middle scene Husseini, either from the north falls fish market, which includes the Khan nearly 232 pregnancy on an area amounting to about 30000 meters. The first thing that distinguishes Khan Khalili is sealed floors in some streets in black stone Basalt others beautiful and unusual divides Khan, which is square to the so-called great quarter or Allbeckih which unite forms and Islamic inscriptions in the form of a half circle is mostly oriels and some rises or fall on the other and can ups and downs through a few degrees. when moving within the Khan discovered that the narrow streets barely wide enough for the passage of two or three neighbouring countries in calling on vendors of goods, but to offer tourists entering the assignee which does not exceed an area of mostly two meters to watch * goods . Good seller certain foreign languages and thus can deal with different nationalities visiting Khan. Prices but is the merchandise Khan Khalili exaggerated? Appear to be slightly elevated, but the seller warranted Balvsal endless even foreign tourists Mohsin Munir says shop owner Bakhan that foreign tourists have become too osteoarthritis from its previous status and thus forced to raise the price of the product until we reach the appropriate amount due to tourism, which advises companies Guides need foreign workers by osteoarthritis and dub them as vendors Bakhan greedy merchants. It also indicates that there is another big problem is the invasion of Chinese goods to the Khan Khalili! Which had heavy losses and closed a number of workshops especially those manufacturing products grenade. When I asked him: Why develop and sell Chinese goods in the locality? He replied that it had to in order to achieve a market gain. Most tourists and visitors to the Khan of the Spaniards and this was confirmed by us with a number of vendors who indicated the need for such language proficiency of the large number of whom use and Mahmoud and conspiracy. Within one of the many workshops, which are said to number up to more than 500 workshop sat happy with the randomness snapshot of copper, and told us they called Sdr borne by planting and working with Said profession engraving on metals for 20 years has his father this Languages workmanship, which now also said to us, and starts learning engraving on metals through learning small pieces of copper and then cut more are drilling through Alchukoc and pen must determine engraving through engineering charges are accurate example b Albergl and Procedure according to the format required by the also determines the duration of action of up to three days in one piece. told us that happy with Artisanal engraving on metals less every day because they are unprofitable at the present time and no demand for those products, as well as shops and workshops pay exorbitant taxes unpaid in sales! When evening comes in Khan Khalili increasingly visible colors with lighting shops abound numbers of visitors especially the Arabs who prefer to walk at night in Cairo, as well as foreigners who fill the cafes and drink bubble in abundance. And can not overlook when talking about Khan was one of the places inspired the great writer Naguib Mahfouz, who was sitting on the Al-Fishawi cafe, which purports to watch thousands corner Naguib Mahfouz, which became part of the history of this place. In contrast to the Khan from abroad and Zhamh and drowning in the tournament and history has been the opening of a new business within the Khan is a Muslim designed for this historic place, but it seems that he was still new and unknown to many visitors Khan