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El Montazah I District
El Montazah I District

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Beaches & open spacesThe district today

Miami Beach

One of Alexandria’s busiest beaches, in a neighbourhood that grew as a resort in the mid-20th century and took its name from the American Miami.
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The tall blocks of Miami along the Corniche, with the beach’s coloured umbrellas and summer crowds at the water

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What sets it apart

Coloured umbrellas below a wall of tall blocks, and Khaled Ibn El Walid Street running up from the sea.

  • 1The public and premium beaches
  • 2Khaled Ibn El Walid Street
  • 3The Corniche towers

Miami is a coastal area of Sidi Bishr that began to grow as a summer resort in the mid-20th century; its name was borrowed from the American Miami to give the new neighbourhood an international, holiday air. It holds the East City Hospital and a building of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, according to Al-Masry Lite.

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On 6 June 2023 the central administration for tourism and resorts announced that Miami had been the city’s busiest beach, at 75% occupancy. The district’s 2023 list names two beaches after it: Miami Public and Miami Premium.

In June 2026 the district began preparing Khaled Ibn El Walid Street, which runs up from the Corniche, as a pedestrian promenade closed to vehicles as far as Khalil Hamada Street.

The district today1950 – today

Its place in time

  1. Before itTurkish Martyrs’ Cemetery1915, the prisoner-of-war camp; the cemetery in 1941
  2. This landmarkMiami BeachThe mid-20th century

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Memories of the place

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  1. The mid-20th century

    Miami began to grow as a summer resort in the mid-20th century, and took its name from the American Miami to give the new neighbourhood an international, holiday air.

    Source: Al-Masry Lite: «ميامي» فلوريدا Vs «ميامي» الإسكندرية (11 Jun 2025)

The other memories 2

  1. 6 June 2023

    The central administration for tourism and resorts announced that Miami had been the busiest beach that day, at 75% occupancy.

    Source: Youm7: «السياحة والمصايف» بالإسكندرية: شاطئ ميامى الأكثر إقبالا (6 Jun 2023)

  2. June 2026

    The district began preparing Khaled Ibn El Walid Street as a pedestrian promenade, closed to vehicles from the Corniche to Khalil Hamada Street.

    Source: El Montazah I District: the Khaled Ibn El Walid Street walkway, field visit (24 Jun 2026)

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