Beit El-Umma or Bayt al-Umma (House of the People) is a

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and

Saad Zaghlul Saad Zaghloul ( ar, سعد زغلول / ; also ''Sa'd Zaghloul Pasha ibn Ibrahim'') (July 1859 – 23 August 1927) was an Egyptian revolutionary and statesman. He was the leader of Egypt's nationalist Wafd Party. He led a civil disobedience ...

biographical museum in

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Saad Zaghlul

Beit El-Umma, or House of the People, was built at the turn of the century as a residence for the nationalist leader of modern Egypt and founder of the

Wafd party The Wafd Party (; ar, حزب الوفد, ''Ḥizb al-Wafd'') was a nationalist liberal political party in Egypt. It was said to be Egypt's most popular and influential political party for a period from the end of World War I through the 1930s ...

(1857–1927). There is a bronze statue of Saad Zaghlul at the entrance to the museum.

Beit El-Umma

Beit El-Umma has been carefully preserved in its original state as a museum, providing its visitors with a rare taste of the lifestyles of the Egyptian political elite at that time. It has an

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dining room,

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reception rooms, an Arab style living room, Turkish baths and a fine library, which has over 5,000 books. Inside the house, several portraits and photographs of Saad Zaghloul and his wife

Safiya Zaghloul Safiya Zaghloul ( ar, صفية زغلول / ; ; 1878–12 January 1946) was an Egyptian political activist. She was among the early leaders of the Wafd Party. Background Zaghloul was born in 1878. Her father, Mostafa Fahmy Pasha, of Turkish ori ...

are hung on the walls, as well as portraits for other members of the family, leaders and public speakers at the time.

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External links

egyptianmuseums.net: ''Beit El-Umma'' - House of the People Museum
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