Zamālek (English spelling)

Japanese: Zamālek(英語表記)Zamalek
Zamālek (English spelling)

...Since the visit of Empress Eugénie of France, high-end residential areas have developed in Giza on the west bank of the Nile, and the establishment of Cairo University in 1908 in the north has also led to the development of the surrounding area. Zamalek, located in the north of Gezira Island, an island in the Nile that is now another high-end residential area, was delayed in development during the British occupation because of a sports club in the south of the island that was off-limits to Egyptians. It developed only after the 1930s, when the club began to allow Egyptians to join. In contrast to the new city, where foreigners, large landowners, and bureaucrats live, the old city, where the old middle class lives, is gradually declining, but it still has a vitality connected to the roots of the people, as can be seen from the fact that Al-Azhar Square was often the ignition point for popular movements such as the independence movement of 1919, and that wholesale merchants in the old city are still engaged in trade with various parts of the world. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Zamālek" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…フランスのウジェニー皇后が訪れて以来,ナイル西岸のギーザにも高級住宅地が発達し,1908年その北にカイロ大学が創設されたこととも相まって,周辺の開発がすすんだ。現在いまひとつの高級住宅地となっているナイル川の島ゲジーラ島の北部ザマーレクZamālekは,イギリス占領時代には島の南部にエジプト人立入禁止のスポーツ・クラブがあったので開発が遅れ,クラブがエジプト人の入会をも認めるようになる1930年代以降に発達した。 このような外国人や大地主,官僚などの住む新市街に対して,旧中間層の住む旧市街はしだいに斜陽化してゆくが,まだ民衆の根につながった活力をもっていることは,アズハル広場が1919年の独立運動など民衆運動の発火点にしばしばなったこと,旧市街の問屋商人が現在なお世界各地との貿易に従事していることなどにうかがえる。…

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