Qasr El Eyni Street

The street runs NNE from the National Cancer Institute to Tahrir Square, a distance of 2.4 kilometres (1.5 miles).

[citation needed] The Metro's Sadat Station serves Tahrir Square, providing links to Giza, Helwan, Maadi, and other districts and suburbs of Greater Cairo.

Founded as the Khedivial Society of Geography, its name was modified several times in order to reflect Egypt's changing political status.

[4] This museum houses exhibits covering the activities and traditions in Cairo including village crafts, costumes, equipment and other items of daily life.

Hence, the founding date of Qasr El Einy, March 11, 1827, was chosen as the day of the annual festival for the Egyptian medical profession.

[citation needed] Located in the center of downtown Cairo, Qasr El Einy Street has a range of buildings including apartment complexes, banks, churches, gas stations, government buildings, hospitals, internet cafes, mosques, pharmacies, and numerous shops and restaurants.

Listed southeastward from its Tahrir Square terminus they include: Mugamma (alternatively the Mogamma), literary meaning ‘combined,’ is Egypt's government office complex located adjacent to Qasr El Eyni Street on the south side of Tahrir Square, where much of the government paperwork is done.

Hundreds of thousands of additional items are in the museum's basement storerooms and elsewhere, and are added to each year with ongoing archaeological excavation discoveries.