Zamalek

This article is about the Cairo district. For the football club, see Zamalek SC. For Zamalek as the nickname for Black Label beer, see Carling Black Label.

Zamalek (Arabic: الزمالك, romanized: az-Zamālik, pronounced [ez.zæˈmæːlek]) is a qism (ward) within the West District (hayy gharb) in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, with the bahr al-a'ma (Blind Canal) cut during the second half of the 19th Century to separate it from the west bank proper. The northern third has been developed into a residential area. The southern two thirds are mostly sports grounds and public gardens, a stark green reserve in the middle of Cairo. The island is connected with the river banks by four bridges: The Qasr El Nil Bridge, Galaa Bridge, 15 May Bridge and 6th October Bridge.

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