El Fishawi Cafe (Cairo)

El Fishawi cafe is a very famous café in Cairo . In addition to that it is one of the oldest cafes of Cairo, where dates back to its inception in 1797, before more than two centuries
However, it has become more famous and glamorous, because of the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, who his favorite café was El Fishawi ,
Once you enter the café u  feel that you almost smell the scent of history in its lands, the brown burned color of timber and yellow walls and dark due to smoke hookah (shisha) and the effects of time, made it a place of pilgrimage for lovers of authenticity.  And its presence in the heart of Fatimid Cairo filled with shrines tourist archaeological making patrons strange mixture between the Egyptians and tourists, Arabs and foreigners of all nationalities who were surprised by the atmosphere of the east .

The café began with a small buffet set up by Haj Ali Fahmi Fishawi in 1797 in the heart of the Khan el-Khalili sitting pioneers Khan «Khalili» Egyptians and tourists, and was able to buy the neighboring shops, turning it into a large cafe with three rooms
Diaa ,grandson of Haj Ali Fishawi , says that the relationship of the late writer Naguib Mahfouz with the café was so stong , “Mahfouz was always sitting in the cafe, and was a friend of my parents, and most of his novels was written  in the cafe, and he loved the nights of Ramadan listening to the singing singers folk Mohammed Abdul Muttalib Mohammed Kahlawi and he was joining them "