“Eid Shopping Frenzy on Al-Arish Street in Giza: A Snapshot of Festive Celebrations”

Books by Sayed Al-Khalafawi – Photography by Ahmed Maarouf

Sunday, April 16, 2023 12:02 AM

The “seventh day” monitored the crowding of clothing stores in conjunction with the approaching celebration of Eid Al-Fitr, and several commercial areas are witnessing a large turnout from citizens to buy Eid supplies “clothes – Eid cakes”, especially popular markets such as Ataba, Al-Wakalah, and the markets of the regions of Faisal, Bulaq, Al-Eshreen Street and Imbaba in Giza, and Abbas Al-Akkad Street. Nasr City and other areas in Cairo.

In the context, the Giza Governorate and the Cairo Governorate raised the level of readiness in the Public Office and District Operations Rooms, in addition to coordinating with the water, sewage, electricity and gas companies in preparation for the blessed Eid Al-Fitr, with a distribution plan for public transport buses to cover all recreational areas that citizens visit during the Eid, as well as raising Garden efficiency to receive visitors.

Major General Khaled Abdel-Al, Governor of Cairo, confirmed that the governorate has taken all necessary measures to provide food commodities to citizens during the blessed Eid Al-Fitr, indicating that all bakeries will operate at full capacity during the Eid days, and control procedures have been tightened to ensure the production of bread that meets the specifications. Executive bodies to tighten control over markets and public shops to control prices and prevent exploitation and monopolization of goods.