Wagh El-Birket

Wagh El-Birket

The Wag.h el-Birket ("The Berka" or "The Birka", Arabic: وجه البركة, "the face of the lake" or "fronting the lake") was, through the first half of the 20th century, the entertainment district (or red-light district) of Cairo, Egypt. (The lake was where Azbakeya is now.)

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