Pictures of "Old Maadi"
from the book by Samir W Raafat "Maadi 1906-1962; History & Society in a Cairo Suburb"( Back to Part 2 )
Villa Taher El Lozi Bey
Following photos courtesy of Stefan Richter in Germany
Desert Patrol "Haggana" located Road 79 behind Queen Dina's villa
Maadi Sporting Club's legendary swimming instructor Ibrahim with Sabine and Stefan Richter circa 1960
German School (DEO) bus picking up students on Road 20
...Richter children cycling on Road 20 with Taher Bey Lozi's "funhouse" seen at end of Road 82 where it intersects Road 21
...playing in tiny pool at 20 Road 20
... with gardener Hussein
... Richter home from 1958-61 at No. 20 Road 20; 1950s villa designed by Salah Zeitoun a Taliesin Fellow greatly influenced by Frank LLoyd Wright
driving past Old Cairo on your way to Maadi until the early 1950s one glimpsed these old windmills allegedly built by Napoleon's army in 1789
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