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Cairo's flea market: whatever the city threw out, sold again on a Friday morning.
CairoSayyida Aisha
One long covered street a block back from the river: hibiscus, Nubian basketry, spices.
AswanSouk
The quarter from before the hotels: spices, copper, leather, shisha — and bargaining as the common language.
HurghadaEl Dahar, Hurghada
A Greek roaster in Alexandria where you drink your coffee standing, in front of the sacks of beans.
AlexandriaAttarine, Alexandria
Sharm's old quarter: bazaars, ahwas and grills, far from the Naama Bay hotels.
Sharm el-SheikhSharm el-Sheikh
The market of fabric by the metre, second-hand clothes and curtains: Cairo dresses here.
CairoBoulaq
The centre's biggest street market: everything is sold here, and everything is shouted.
CairoAttaba, Downtown
Downtown's food market: fruit, cheese, spices and fishmongers under a hall.
CairoBab el-Louk, Downtown
The shopping street linking Attaba to Khan el-Khalili, where Cairo buys everything.
CairoMuski, Islamic Cairo
Downtown's Arabic bookshop windows, and the second-hand stalls on the pavement.
CairoDowntown
A Friday morning market selling birds, pigeons and poultry, as it always has.
CairoSayeda Zeinab
"The women's lane": a one-metre-wide alley, packed from morning to night.
AlexandriaManshiya, Alexandria
The fishing port's auction at dawn, before the city wakes.
AlexandriaAnfoushi, Alexandria
The souk's covered street: spices, galabiyas, statuettes and a great deal of bargaining.
LuxorEast bank, Luxor
Woven baskets, necklaces and spices sold in the painted houses of the Nubian village.
AswanGharb Soheil, Aswan
Bedouin jewellery, textiles and dive gear, along the promenade.
SinaiMasbat, Dahab
Lagoon fish sold straight from the boats, in the northern Delta.
The Delta and the north coastBurullus
The coastal town's market: figs, dates, Bedouin wool and beach goods.
Marsa Matrouh and SiwaMarsa Matruh
Dates, baskets and pottery from the oasis, in the Western Desert's largest town.
The oases and the Western DesertKharga
A restored souk street around the temple, between old shops and a caravanserai.
LuxorEsna, south of Luxor
Dozens of second-hand book stalls, a Cairo institution for a century.
CairoAzbakeya, Downtown
Roasted chickpeas and mawlid halva, made here for generations.
The Delta and the north coastTanta
The canal's old free zone: Egyptians still come to buy cheaper here.
The Delta and the north coastPort Said
Pyramids of spices, karkadeh, baskets and perfumes, over a kilometre of street.
AswanSharia el-Souk, Aswan
