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Tawfiqiyya Souq
Tawfiqiyya Souq is open late at night and has a larger range of produce, including fruit, vegetables, bakeries and numerous ba'al s, the all-purpose grocers where you can stock up on things such as bread, cheese and yogurt. For Western-style bread try the Nile Hilton Deli. For pastries and sweets head for El-Abd.
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Tawfiqiyya Souq
For fresh fruit and vegetables try Tawfiqiyya Souq. It's open late, and there's an exceptionally good dairy store for ricotta-style cheese and rice pudding (around the corner on Sharia Talaat Harb) plus numerous ba'al s, the all-purpose grocers where you can stock up on yogurt, crackers and drinks.
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Tukul Craft Shop
This charity store next to the Marriott Hotel was established in 1988 and sells an attractive range of cotton bags, aprons, tablecloths and teatowels silkscreen printed with original designs by displaced Sudanese refugees. The Ma'adi store (tel: (02) 525 0348) is just opposite the metro station .
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Wady Craft Shop
This charity store next to the Marriott Hotel sells cotton bags, aprons, tablecloths, inlay coasters and silk-screened tea towels - all work done by organisations of refugees, prisoners and others in need of aid.
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Wikalet al-Balah
The main draw is secondhand clothing, mostly well organised, clean and with marked prices (especially on Sharia al-Wabur al-Fransawi). Further in, you'll find good textiles, car parts and military surplus.
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Wissa Wassef Art Centre
Four kilometres south of the Pyramids, next to the Maryutia Canal on the road to Saqqara, the Wissa Wassef Art Centre specialises in distinctive woollen rugs and wall hangings depicting rural and folkloric scenes. The attractive complex comprises a museum, workshops and sales galleries. Wissa Wassef rugs are now very much imitated and you can buy similar ones at most souvenir shops, but you'll find the greatest choice here.
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Zamalek Bookshop
Small but packed with magazines, English-language crime fiction and airport-style novels.
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