Fouad Street in the early twentieth century, Alexandria

A rare photo of Fouad Street in the early twentieth century, Alexandria Fouad Street If you are a resident of Alexandria or even a fan of this charming city, you certainly know Fouad Street well-known, it is one of the most important streets of the Bride of the Mediterranean, due to the style of its ancient buildings. This street dates back to the era of heroism, which was called the "Canobian Way", as it was then called Mina Rashid Street, because it started from Rashid Gate in the ancient Arabian fences and then headed east towards the suburb of Abi Qeer, also known as the "Freedom Way". The buildings in this street are characterized by the ancient Greek style mixed with Italian architecture, and the nationalities that have lived in Alexandria for a long time Fouad Street is located in the Raml Station, in the center of Alexandria, and every facility has a history that is talked about, whether in the Attarin Police Department, located at the beginning of the street, on one side, represented the main British Guard Center in Alexandria, which was next to the club where Muhammad Ali used to meet. I with friends, and it was community meeting Greek, Italian, French and English, and now the centre of freedom for creativity. The street features the National Museum, which was the villa of the Greek timber trader Basili, founded in the modern Italian style, and remained there until 1954, then sold it to the American Embassy, which remained there until it was purchased by the Supreme Council of Archeques in 1996, and contains a magnificent collection of archeological artifacts Insomnia that was extracted from sea water The Medieval has a collection of about 1800 artefacts that encompasses all eras from the ancient state to the modern era and completes the collection contained by the Greek Museum. The street was known as the street of kings, and the stars of politics, culture and art came to it, the most prominent of them is Um Kulthum who used to buy flowers from the old shop on this street, as well as newspapers and magazines that were still sold in Fouad Aba street. One of the most important features is the Fouad Opera House Street in Alexandria, which was built by the French engineer George Park and was long known as "Teatro Muhammad Ali", and its name was changed to the Sayed Darwish Theater in 1962, where it held shows for the most famous Egyptian and international artists. At the end of Fouad Street, there is a flower clock that regularly ticks in front of the gardens of the waterfalls, which includes the remains of Islamic Alexandria monuments such as the old fences and the waterfall tank, consisting of three-story, divided in length and width into five sections by granite columns of different styles and the shapes. In a stripped villa on Fouad Street, the Egyptian leader Saad Zaghloul spoke to the citizens of Alexandria urges them to struggle and reform, and Syed Darwish, who came from the Kom Al-Dakka area, sang for him, and participated with the audience the struggle to sing.