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Khan el-Khalili (Arabic: خان الخليلي) is a famous bazaar and souq (or souk) in the historic center of Cairo, Egypt.Established as a center of trade in the Mamluk era and named for one of its several historic caravanserais, the bazaar district has since become one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike.
Souq.com was the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. The company launched in 2005 in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . [ 2 ] On March 28, 2017, Amazon.com Inc. acquired Souq.com for $580 million as a subsidiary.
Bazaar. A bazaar[ a] or souk[ b] is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, [ 1] especially in the Middle East, [ 2][ 1] the Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and South Asia. [ 1] They are traditionally located in vaulted or covered streets that had doors on each end and served as a city's central marketplace.
The word mısır has a double meaning in Turkish: "Egypt" and "maize". This is why sometimes the name is wrongly translated as "Corn Bazaar". The bazaar was (and still is) the center for spice trade in Istanbul, but in recent years shops of other types are gradually replacing the sellers of spices. [1]
The souq was founded at least a century ago in proximity of the dry river bed known as Wadi Musheireb. It was a gathering place where Bedouins and locals would trade a variety of goods, [3] primarily livestock goods. [4] However with the boom in prosperity in the 1990s, the Souq fell into decline and in 2003, most of it was destroyed in a fire.
Al-Madina Souq (Arabic: سوق المدينة, romanized: Sūq al-Madīna) is the covered souq-market located at the heart of the Syrian city of Aleppo within the walled ancient part of the city. With its long and narrow alleys, al-Madina Souq is the largest covered historic market in the world, with an approximate length of 13 kilometers. [ 1 ]
Sūq ʿUkāẓ (سوق عكاظ) Sūq ʿUkāẓ ( Arabic: سوق عكاظ [suːq ʕʊ.kaːðˤ]) is a marketplace at ʿUkāẓ, between Nakhla and al-Ṭāʾif, in Saudi Arabia. It was the largest and best known souq in pre-Islamic times. [1] Today it is a popular tourist destination. [2]
Sohag ( Arabic: سوهاج, romanized : Sawhāj, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [soˈhæːɡ], Sa'idi Arabic pronunciation: [suːˈhaːdʒ] ), also spelled as Suhag or Suhaj, [4] is a city on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt. It has been the capital of Sohag Governorate since 1960, before which the capital was Girga and the name of the ...