1930s EGYPT / CAIRO TRAVELOGUE 76384

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This fascinating travelogue, one of Andre De La Varre's "Screen Traveler" episodes, shows views of Egypt and especially Cairo and the Pyramids as they appeared in the 1930s. The film includes images of the Shepheard's Hotel, the leading hotel in Cairo and one of the most celebrated hotels in the world until it was burned down in 1952. The film shows dragoman standing in front of the Shepheard's terrace, according to the narrator annoying guests. The westernized "Modern Cairo" is shown with its bustling traffic, trolley cars and trams, and opera house. British troops are seen at the 3:30 mark, and the Arab section at the 4 minute mark. Two traditional funerals are seen in the film, including one at the 4:30 mark. Horse drawn buggies are also seen in the film, although many gasoline powered cars and trucks are also seen. The minarets and mosques of Cairo are shown at the 7 minute mark. A visit to the Sphinx and Pyramids, and a camel ride, is seen at the end of the film.
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[@wally2goated]

I remember visiting Cairo this year it was really amazing plus I got to see many churches around the city!

[@MohamedArfa30]

Yes you sae that in your dreams right ? The Muslim king farouk was ruled Egypt that time

[@davidhanna9003]

Mohamed Arfa, I hope you understand that Christianity had been in Egypt from before Islam. Christianity entered Egypt in the first Century AD, since then it became the majority religon. It only lost its majority status around the 11th century. However Egypt to this day still hosts over 20 million native Christians, most of who are members of the Coptic Orthodox Church, which has been in Egypt since the dawn of Christianity. I hope you also realize that Farouk only became King in 1936, this video is in the early 1930s. So you are wrong about several things there... hope you would get more info on a topic before you open your mouth.

[@trysam]

David Hanna Well said

[@GabrieLight]

@@davidhanna9003 I didn't like his comment but you're wrong too! There's nothing called "religions", there's no "Christianity" word in Bible, it's one religion called "Islam" that's the name since Adam and Eve, Islam has books and messages through eras, the older books plus the known ones Torah, Bible and the last message Qur'an. So, before Jesus (pbuh) came with gospel message, Egypt was on monotheism for thousands of years, especially since Misraim the grandson of Noah (pbuh) built Misr/Egypt after the great flood, we don't care what happened to Jesus message in the 4th century at first Council of Nicaea because the respected Arius from Alexandria fought that blasphemy in his era, also your percentage about the trinity christians here is wrong, it's about 10-15% , so you know now that Egypt was on monotheism thousands of years ago, and that's why the majority believed Islam last message easily, we didn't found it a strange beliefs or something, and that's us.

[@GabrieLight]

The Muslim conquerors did not destroy any church or monastery, but rather freed the Christian priests from the prisons of the Romans.

[@saras8657]

At that time Egypt was one of the most beautiful countries in the middle east

[@amanymowafy4385]

In the world and now is so beatiful 7 november 2019

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

More beautiful during the bronze age

[@andresdaniel-awong9931]

Always has been

[@aks19880]

It still is! I want to visit it once and I will some day!

[@37tara]

❤

[@L.Ayad16]

At 6:41 is a man using a lathe to slowly carve what looks like a European-style chair leg. These artisans would be seen working in particular districts of Cairo and they also made the wooden screens for house windows. These wooden screens are called "mashrabiyat" in Arabic and they could be seen adorning the facades of many buildings in Old Cairo.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Very interesting.

[@bardo0007]

Plenty of scammers in the streets already in the 30's , I think I met some of their grand children a few years ago 🙂

[@AhmedMohmoud-zn8jl]

I think your just to stupid thats why you being scammed that it 😊

[@mohamedhamza359]

As an Egyptian I'm sorry for this Even as Egyptians we suffer from scammers But they still a minority comparison with the population Before it was not the same but nowadays due to economic issues it growing and this annoys everyone

[@bardo0007]

@@mohamedhamza359 Well it's the same in Morocco, Tunisia and some other countries, don't worry.

[@حبيبييارسولالله-ض3ج8س]

Είμαι Έλληνας Αιγύπτιος και εύχομαι όλους όσους βρίσκονται στην Ελλάδα και επιστρέφουν τη δεύτερη Αλεξάνδρεια

[@GabrieLight]

I'm from Alexandria, i guess I've a greek genes too, don't know why but that's it, strangely i was a zamalkawy too before i stop watching football, cheers 🧃 borto2an 7alal! 😂

[@adelsamak2418]

our lovely country

[@jamesmiller4184]

Adel Effendi, and as I hope one day soon to visit!

[@TitaniumExpose13]

7:01 Morgan Freeman is an Egyptian time traveler.

[@ipicm-dn5yn]

الله يرحمهم جمعيا ايام الزم الجميل

[@ahmedatta7478]

I like egypt .. there are now more amazing places.. The state now lives in peace away from terrorism, although most of the world still suffers from terrorism.

[@faiscacapoeira5]

Very sad watching this, such a beautiful country ONCE, in fact the leader in culture, art, fashion, music. Stunning. Not anymore, it's a chaotic cesspit. I lived in Izkandrayia for 10 years, and it's all but destroyed, 60 years and these once glorious cities are gone for good :(

[@msha6637]

What are you on about ?! Its not all that bad, in fact Egypt is witnessing advancements in all fields it has never achieved before. Its just about time it starts to get back to its former international leverage.

[@GabrieLight]

Yup i agree with you, I'm from Alexandria.

[@GabrieLight]

@@msha6637 ايه رأيك في بعض المشاهد لبعض الترع المياه مش باينه من كم الزباله عليها، والشوارع مليانه زباله، من شهر او كام شهر بكاميرا سياح من اوروبا عندهم قنوات وبيرفعوا عليها، وبعض التعليقات الاجنبيه حقيقي اهانت البلد بصوره محزنه.

[@ritaalber3505]

Boo Hoo, a colonizer is so sad he no longer could live in a country eating off of the resources of its ingenious people.

[@محمدالامريكي-ج9م]

"and some persistently annoy strangers" I guess some things never change

[@gamaray992]

I can taste the tea and smell the city and hear it’s roar.

[@ahmeddoula76]

Egypt looks like Europe at this era

[@semsemeini7905]

It was better than Europe!!!

[@jmikhael3861]

Because the European was living there not because the Egyptian people

[@mustafasalama2740]

Before being ruled by military and corruption

[@jmikhael3861]

@@mustafasalama2740 it was ruled by the British army that time.

[@ramseesii9375]

@@jmikhael3861 hhhhh stupid

[@semsemeini7905]

The Shepheards Hotel was destroyed by a mob around the time of the Revolution. It was owned by the Mosseri family who were Jewish and also built the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. It was part of the Egyptian Hotels Chain which included the Cataract Hotel in Aswan and the Cecil in Alexandria.

[@llm1718]

Egypt 😍😍 🗻🗻🗻

[@ahmedatta7478]

There are many scientists in Egypt such as Ahmed Zewail, Magdy Yacoub and many others. Egypt is a state of scientists

[@GabrieLight]

Well, those are nothing comparing to the older ones in this era like mosharafa, elmashad, samira mousa and others.

[@supernova5293]

Lol what?

[@ahmedatta7478]

I love💓💓💓 EGYPT

[@mahahamza5992]

ياريت ارجع ايام القاهره دي اعيش زمان ياريت زمن الادب

[@theking-ph7bc]

Maha Hamza زمن الاستعباد البريطاني

[@mahahamza5992]

sa sa استعباد استعباد بس نرجع ياريت ياريت يعني ايه عمل جمال عبد الناصر بعد الثوره هو ولا غيره الأيام دي كان الجنيه اغلي جنيه في الدول كلها

[@الصعيدهياصلالعرب]

ممكن الاشتراك في قناتي عندي فيديوهات جميلة جدا شكرا جزيلا على هذا

[@tmoha1068]

Maha Hamza حد اخد باله المرشد السياحى قال ايه على منخير ابو الهول ؟

[@وردالأمل-ط3م]

ياريت فعلا احلي وأجمل زمن

[@ahmedatta7478]

I like diving in the Red Sea Sharm El Shaikh

[@GabrieLight]

10:20 well, that was a crappy colonial-ish script. We all know that it's the gunners of french campaign on Egypt that destroyed sphinx nose, but nice try fokers!

[@ahmedatta7478]

💗💕Egypt💕💗 in my heart

[@o0_Karim]

Very good video about my CITY but the music was very noisy a bit.

[@mohdmahmud5179]

مصر العظمة

[@L.Ayad16]

Can you please tell me exactly what year this film was produced? Thank you.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Sorry we do not. If we knew, it would be posted.

[@Salma_Hayatt]

1938

[@ErichWK]

Damn, this music sounds like Korla Pandit

[@gamaray992]

We all watched this and dreamed of being there. A time when we weren’t attached to our phones. Where information was hard to come by and more important.

[@Aaron-cv9hg]

He said while on his phone 🤣

[@hazemfatehy2260]

There is some misleading info like. Muslims did not distroy the sphinx face, Nabolin did. Also the 4 widows on the cart. How did he know that?, usually the older ladys can't walk long distance, funny

[@jmikhael3861]

They did . Please read the history

[@BonnieMagpie]

Hazem Fatehy ; I waa told years ago it was Christians who destroyed many of the ancient relics in Egypt because it was seen as idolatry. However, idolatry is a stronger no no among The Muslim people.

[@Sa-lb9xw]

He keeps calling Egyptians as Arabs! And he calls Egypt an Arabian land !!! That's completely ignorant! Egyptians were never Arabs. Arabs invaded Egypt and SOME of them lived there. Britain also invaded Egypt, did that make Egyptians British?!! Before making a documentary, do your research!

[@qronfol9798]

Egypt is an Arab country Cairo is an Arab city and Arabs didn’t just live there they completely changed the language,culture and religion of the region so he is not wrong.

[@theeraser6205]

when egypt was still a kingdom . before the military and muslim fundamentalists got control . look how clean and modern and classy cairo used to be . and look how cairo looks know .what a disgrace .

[@theeraser6205]

haytham elAraby not really , muslim brother hood played a huge part in the coup d etat against the king and were supported by the military . and in his time there was no religious tv channels and ouahabi freaks like in times of sadat and mubarak . they don't have to be in power to have an influence on the country . look how women and men were dressed in this video and see how women and men are dressed now days in egypt .muslim fundamentalists were spreading hate speech , racism , and ugliness in the society , and the result is most of women and men in egypt are dressing like the afghanis and ouahabis in saudi arabia . when u curse beauty and praise ugliness u creat an ugly and dirty society . a person whos unable to take good care of his own body cant take care of his country and the property of streets .this is not just in egypt , all the countries that are under the influence of religious fundamentalists are dirty and chaotic

[@OhMaDayzz]

Egypt was also very cosmopolitan back then. It had generations of Greeks, Italians, Armenians, Lebanese and Eastern Europeans living there. The first Prime Minister in the Egyptian Kingdom was an Armenian named Nubar Pasha.

[@theeraser6205]

+OhMaDayzz the last king of Egypt farouq was Albanian . and u are right , egypt was very multicultural back then

[@amath-dr7uk]

I fully agree with you ..my mother stayed in Cairo two times in her life..in 1948 and in 1963 ..a huge difference from the first time..Cairo wen t from being a cosmopolitan city to becoming one huge Islamist slum..

[@رفعتاسماعيل-ز3ط]

You are lier

[@MM-pn8pc]

حسبي الله في كل رؤساء مصر

[@ahmedoval3140]

يا مبدل الحال والأحوال غير حالنا للأحسن حال

[@malebitsatimbuktu3352]

European cities, African workers. So Apartheid was not a peculiarity of South Africa after all but a continent-wide phenomenon.

[@murpyeddie1139]

It's like Israel

[@mtraa.942]

These are not African workers and these are not white elites They were all Egyptians..

[@hosamadel2507]

احنا فى زمن المسخ بصوت عادل امام

[@sdiri980]

3:57

[@workwork2575]

لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين

[@eldenrah9959]

Wow... It's very inaccurate, but an insight on how the Europeans viewed the Egyptians.

[@tmoha1068]

حد اخد باله المرشد السياحى قال ايه على منخير ابو الهول ؟؟؟؟

[@jmikhael3861]

مادي الحقيقة وتمت محاوله هدم الاهرامات علي مدار شهور وفشلوا بناء علي فتوي ده

[@Ibrahim6ss]

J Mikhael هو قال ايه عن خشم ابو العول

[@mokhtar_One_u_Key]

@@Ibrahim6ss قال ان الزمن والمتطرفين المسلمين( ولم يقل الاسلاميبن) دمروا ملامح وجهه وربما يقصد بذلك حكاية محمد صائم الدهر الرجل الصوفي الذي يقال أنه حاول تكسير ابو الهول عندما رأى بعض بسطاء العقول يعظمونه.

[@samehahmed7819]

@@mokhtar_One_u_Key مع ان اللى حاول يهدم ابو الهول هو نابليون بونابرت اثنء غزوه لمصر ضرب القاهرة بالمدافع وتسبب فى كسر انف ابو الهول وكان عاوز يدمره بس يبدو ان الغرب من زمان دجالين وكذابين

[@MM-pn8pc]

هذا الفيديو هو توثيق لفترة جاءت في تاريخ مصر مرة واحدة ولا تاتي ثانيا و هايضا إثبات راسخ علي ان من حركم مصر من ٥٢ حتي الآن هم رعاع كلاب مجرمين من يشوة الجمال و ينشر الفقر و الجهل و القبح فهو أسوأ من المحتل الصهيوني نفسة هم كلاب ثورة يوليو وما يليهم حسبي اللة ونعم الوكيل في كل رؤساء مصر ربي ينتقم منهم علي جرمهم

[@ma7ami7o76]

We were true muslims at that time ..until those which called evil people seem to destroy us

[@semsemeini7905]

Blame everyone but yourselves.

[@alialmansoori5837]

king Farouq is muslim by theway

[@semsemeini7905]

Turkish / Albanian origin.

[@mustafamagdy7180]

@@semsemeini7905 no he is Egyptian with Albanian origin not Turkish,