Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum

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Leaving the Gezira Exhibition Grounds from the rear entrance near the Galaa Bridge, you'll see a modest gate across the road leading to the Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum. Mokhtar (1891-1934) was the sculptor laureate of independent Egypt; he was responsible for Saad Zaghloul on the nearby midan and for the Mother of Egypt statue outside the entrance to the Giza Zoo. The gallery building was designed by Egyptian architect Ramses Wissa Wassef (1911-1974).