I am tourist and want to buy stuff from Cairo? ?

Question

Where do i buy cotton clothes of good quality?

Is the rugs famous in Cairo?

Answer 1

first well come in egypt,,,,,,,to have cotton clothes and textiles go to el azhar area behind el husin mosque you will find many  things ,,,do not go to malls or great shops inside cairo it will be more expensive//in el azhar it is half priced or more for the same things in abroad of the area

Answer 2

You have already received good advice about cotton clothing and rugs, and I'm going to make some other suggestions you may find useful.  Scarab jewelry is wonderful!  I purchased an extraordinary scarab pendant in the gift shop of the Eqyptian Museum, and understand that there are great scarabs in many of the jewelry stores, too!  Mine is about 1.5" long, 1" wide, thick, 18K gold, handmade, with inset lapis, and a simply stunning piece of jewelry. I also picked up several lovely paintings on papyrus, which are available all over the place, very inexpensive, and easy to bring home to frame and keep or to give as gifts.  Finally, there are wonderful wood carvings, all handmade, all signed, and all different, in gift shops and from street vendors.  They are all sorts of sizes, so you might be well-advised to choose something that will fit into a suitcase and not require shipping.  I have 3 carved cats on my mantle, ranging from 3" to 5" tall -- a lovely souvenir of a great trip!  (I didn't purchase clothing, and got rugs in Turkey.)    

Answer 3

Cotton Clothes: you can go to NewMan, DalyDress, BTM, they are famous "Egyptian" (not sure, but the cloths are made in Egypt) brand names but they are contemporary cloths, not traditional.

Rugs: you can go to "El-Harrania" development center in Giza. after you pass Giza Square and go into "Haram" street, by the end of it turn left into the road of "Sakara" (as you are going to see the Zoser pyramid). before the Zoser funeral complex you will find "El-Harrania" center.

high quality Egyptian handmade rugs are there. and also an attached museum of the sculptor "Habib Gorgi"

Answer 4

Cotton clothes is available in egypt everywhere, as for rugs the best place to buy from is Oriental Weavers. It's a world wide well known egyptian company