Street · Zamalek

Hassan Sabry Street

The street honours Hassan Sabry Pasha, an Egyptian prime minister who collapsed and died while addressing parliament in 1940.

A career diplomat and statesman, Sabry led Egypt's government at the outbreak of the Second World War. His name marks one of the island's busiest residential and diplomatic thoroughfares.

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