The Nile at Maadi is parallelled by the Corniche, a waterfront promenade and the main road north into Cairo.
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15 Facts About Maadi
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Maadi today stands on the site of a town that has turned out to be a significant predynastic, Ancient Egyptian archaeological site, founded ca.
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Maadi's vision led to the wide boulevards and large villas still seen in Maadi today.
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Oldest area in Maadi is El Sarayat, composed mostly of villas and low rise buildings.
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New Maadi areas include El-Laselky St and the Autostrad, as well as Masaken El Arays, Saqr kuraish and the houses of the Kuwaiti company, and el basatin el sharkya.
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Many streets in Maadi continue to have speed bumps as a traffic calming measure.
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Maadi has a reputation for being green, quieter and more relaxed than urban Cairo.
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Maadi is served by the Cairo Metro's Line 1, which has now taken over the Cairo-to-Helwan railway.
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Cultural life in Maadi is geared to a great extent towards serving the large expatriate and affluent, bilingual Egyptian populations.
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For expatriates, Maadi offers a variety of community activities: religious institutions, amateur theatre groups, sporting clubs, adult courses, and other interest groups.
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The Maadi Sporting Club, for example, has served the local expat and Egyptian communities since 1921.
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Maadi has become a popular place for foreigners to study Arabic, as the suburb now hosts a number of local language schools.
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The Maadi Cup gained its native timber pyramid shaped base from Mt Albert Grammar's woodwork master, Jack Jenkin, in 1951.
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