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El Montazah I District
El Montazah I District

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Sidi Bishr Beach

A curve of sand on the Corniche, pictured on postcards since the early 20th century with its cabins and bathers.
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An old postcard of Sidi Bishr beach: the curve of sand, a row of cabins along the road and bathers in the sea

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The story

What sets it apart

A curve of sand, and in the old postcards a row of wooden cabins along the road.

  • 1The curve of sand
  • 2The old postcards
  • 3The Corniche and El Geish Road

In 1917 the Red Cross report described the Sidi Bishr coast as a healthy spot on the sea shore, where the sand dunes form little hillocks scattered with palms and open to the breezes.

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A postcard of 1910, kept by the Bibliothèque nationale de France, shows the beach crowded with bathers and its wooden cabins lined up along the road.

The district’s 2023 list names “Sidi Bishr Premium 1” among the thirteen beaches of El Montazah I, and the district looks after its cleaning and encroachments as part of its Sidi Bishr beach sector.

Resort and camp1860–1950

Its place in time

  1. Before itSidi Bishr Mosque19th century, enlarged in 1945
  2. This landmarkSidi Bishr BeachA postcard of 1910
  3. After itTurkish Martyrs’ Cemetery1915, the prisoner-of-war camp; the cemetery in 1941

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Memories of the place

Every memory is taken from a published, documented source, named under it.

  1. 1917

    The Red Cross report described the Sidi Bishr coast as a healthy spot on the sea shore, where the sand dunes form little hillocks scattered with palms and open to the breezes.

    Source: International Committee of the Red Cross: Turkish Prisoners in Egypt, report on visits of December 1916 and January 1917 (1917)

The other memories 2

  1. 1910

    A postcard the Bibliothèque nationale de France catalogues as “Place Sidi-Bishr”, published by the Delios house in Alexandria, shows the beach crowded with bathers and its cabins lined up along the road.

    Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallica: «Alexandrie. Place Sidi-Bishr», postcard (1910)

  2. 2023

    The district’s beach list names “Sidi Bishr Premium 1” among the thirteen beaches that belong to El Montazah I.

    Source: El Montazah I District: «جولة سياحية» table of archaeological, religious and beach sites (29 Jan 2023)

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