Zamalek Community

Zamalek Community started as a graduation project for students at the American University in Cairo. The page had continued even after the students graduated. Zamalek Community is a page that is made to collect all the Zamalek residents and all people who like Zamalek and hang out at it. The page offers many services for example the page works as a guide for all the new places that opens in zamalek, it also shows the Historical places in Zamalek. Zamalek Community also shares all the latest news about Zamalek. Zamalek is an island in the Nile that basically lies between modern downtown Cairo and Giza. It is an upscale, garden area with a number of attractions as well as many embassies, schools popular hotels and some of the better budget hotels. Here, one finds the Cairo Marriott, one of our favorite luxury hotels, the Gezira Sheraton which is a popular stopover for many tours entering Egypt, as well as our favorite budget hotel, the Longchamps. There is also the Gezira Club, a country club originally built by the British, the modern Cairo Opera House and landmarks such as the Cairo Tower. There are a number of fine restaurants, a lot of fast food western outlets and reasonable and interesting shopping. It is often a beautiful area with lush trees overgrowing streets, offering easy access to other important sections of Cairo.