Sidi Gaber () is a neighbourhood in
Alexandria
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,
Egypt
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.
The interior section of the neighborhood contains the
Sidi Gaber railway station, the main rail entry point to Alexandria for most travelers. The station is one of the oldest in Egypt, having served the eastern regions of the city before their transformation into major urban districts (they had previously been summer resorts for foreigners and wealthy and middle-class Cairenes). , the station is undergoing expansion, with the intent to turn old parts of the station into a railway museum, and include space for commerce in the newer sections.
Archaeology
In July 2018, archaeologists led by Zeinab Hashish announced the discovery of a 2.000-year-old 30-ton black granite
sarcophagus
A sarcophagus (: sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek language, Greek wikt:σάρξ, σάρξ ...
. It contained three damaged skeletons in red-brown sewage water. According to archaeologist
Mostafa Waziri, the skeletons looked like a family burial with a middle-aged woman and two men. Researchers also revealed a small gold artifact and three thin sheets of gold.
Military
The Sidi Gaber neighbourhood hosts the headquarters of the Northern Military Region of the
Egyptian Army
The Egyptian Army (), officially the Egyptian Ground Forces (), is the land warfare branch (and largest service branch) of the Egyptian Armed Forces. Until the declaration of the Republic and the abolishment of the monarchy on 18 June 1953, it w ...
and the
Armed Forces Hospital in Alexandria.
Politics
The
death of Khaled Saeed which triggered the
2011 Egyptian Revolution
The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January Revolution (;), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police holiday" as a statement against ...
took place in Sidi Gaber Police station. Many protests took place in the area before the revolution and were dealt with brutally by the police.
See also
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Sidi Jaber
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Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed
References
External links
Marching to Sidi Gaber: Alexandria’s Epicenter of Upheaval(Author
Amro Ali written for:
Jadaliyya.com)
Neighbourhoods of Alexandria
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