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Madbouly Bookshop

6 Talaat Harb Square, Downtown, Cairo, Egypt / Cairo / Egypt

📍 6 Talaat Harb Square, Downtown, Cairo, Egypt

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Landmark Talaat Harb Square bookshop; Middle East Eye dates the family newspaper kiosk to 1951 and the landmark store to 1958; house published Sartre/Camus and later banned titles after 1967.

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