Wagh El Birket
وجه البركة | |
|---|---|
Entertainment district | |
 Troops in the Birka, 1942 cartoon | |
| Nickname: The Berka (WWII) | |
| Country | Egypt |
| City | Cairo |
Wagh El Birket (Arabic: وجه البركة lit. 'the face of the blessing')[a] was, through the first half of the 20th century, the entertainment district (or red-light district) of Cairo, Egypt.[1][2] The lake was where Azbakeya is now.[3]
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- ^ Moseley 1917, p. 206.
- ^ Dawson 1961, p. 33.
- ^ Tawfik & Ali 2018, p. 114.