Shubra (or Shobra, Shoubra) is an administrative region and forms a relatively small area that represents about one quarter of the
district with the same name in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
,
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
.
It neighbours the areas of
Elsahel to the north,
Sharabeya to the east,
Road El Farag to the west, and Shobra tunnel and Cairo central railway station to the south, the latter of which separate Shobra from the
Downtown Cairo
Downtown Cairo ( arz, وسط البلد '' "middle of town")'', has been the urban center of Cairo, Egypt, since the late 19th century, when the district was designed and built.
History
Downtown Cairo was designed by prestigious French archit ...
area.
Notable residents
*In the 1940s and 1950s
Nazir Gayyed (before becoming Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria in 1971) was very active in his church and served as a Sunday School teacher, at Saint Anthony Church in Shobra.
*Bishop Youssef (the first Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States) also served at Saint Anthony Church in Shobra.
*Bishop Moussa (the first Bishop of youth) used to also serve in Shobra, before being a monk.
*Diplomat
Riyad Ghali
Riyad Ghali (born Riyad Bishay Ghali; 11 February 191912 July 1987) was the husband of Fathia Ghali the youngest daughter of King Fuad I and Nazli Sabri.
Marriage, divorce and death
While in the United States, Riad Ghali married Princess Fathi ...
was born here (1919-1987), married princess
Fathia Ghali
Princess Fathia (; 17 December 1930 – 10 December 1976) was the youngest daughter of Fuad I of Egypt and Nazli Sabri, and so the youngest sister of Farouk I.
Early life
Fathia was born on 17 December 1930 at the Koubbeh Palace, El-Quba, Cairo. ...
in 1950.
*Father Mikhail Ibrahim also served in Saint Mark Church in Shobra.
*Egyptian-Italian-French singer
Dalida
Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian-French singer and actress born in Egypt. She sang in eleven languages and sold millions of records internationally. Her best known son ...
was born here in 1933.
DalidaFoxy Tunes
References
Districts of Cairo
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