Landmarks & Culture

Landmarks of East District

From Ptolemaic tombs cut into the rock to the palaces and gardens of the Mohamed Ali dynasty: the district’s landmarks between Sidi Gaber and El Raml.

A journey through time On the map

8 landmarks4 eras

All qisms8
Sidi Gaber5
Raml I3

All kinds
Antiquities1
Places of worship1
Squares & streets1
Parks & gardens2

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The Islamic centuries

7th century – 1850

In the suburb of Raml, Sheikh Jaber al-Ansari, a scholar from al-Andalus, built his zawiya in the 7th century AH, and the neighbourhood took his name.

Places of worship · Sidi GaberSidi Gaber MosqueAbout the mid-7th century AH; the present mosque after 1955A mosque named after Sheikh Jaber al-Ansari, an Andalusian scholar who died in 697 AH, on the site of his zawiya; the old mosque was taken down in 1955 for the present one.

Emergency and hotline numbers
National government complaints line	16528
Alexandria Governorate operations room (from a landline)	114
Child helpline	16000
Police	122
Ambulance	123
Fire service	180
Gas emergency	129
Electricity faults	121