Shopping Spree for Children!

SHOPPING SPREE FOR CHILDREN!

Happy Eid & Merry Christmas!

As 2008 Eid El-Adha and Christmas are approaching - you may want to know what and where to shop for your children. Apart from shopping at the multiple new luxurious malls for all members of the family, including babies, children and teens, here are some shops for getting what you want to buy for your children, by Hoda Nassef:

· Facing Behlar Passage, Arafa & Dajani, has a large collection for newborns, children, and teenagers.
· Ades, at the beginning of Kasr El-Nil Street, after Talaat Harb Square, has a wide variety of children’s clothes for newborn babies up to clothes for teenagers; cribs, sheets, pillow cases, knit blankets, baby carriers & support sacks.
· After Ades and further down the street, on the right pavement and before the Ahly bank, there’s a children’s shoe shop, amongst other items for children.
· Chalons, in center of Kasr El-Nil Street, has baby carriages, cribs, good quality baby clothes, and an assortment of pregnant mother clothes for both veiled and unveiled mothers.
· Also, at Mexx in the Behlar Passage, and Naf Naf next door, you will find good quality brand baby clothes.
· Le Jour, 29 Kasr El-Nil Street, sells clothes for newborns; girls up to 12 years old, boys up to 8.
· Student and adult books could be found at the main branch of Shorouk bookshop, at 1 Talaat Harb Square.
· For rare books, rare maps, lithographs and picture frames, go to No. 15, L’Oriantaliste, found in a side street of Kasr El-Nil Street. There is also a branch at Nile Hilton Hotel’s annex.
· In Roxy, Helipolis, there at Royal House, you can find good brand food, such as Gerber’s and other foodstuff, as well as baby furniture, gifts and other items. They are continuously changing their great products to suit all tastes. Good gift corners too.
· If still in Heliopolis and searching for good brand clothes for gifts or your children, nearby at Nasr City you will find all that you need – or don’t need! – at City Stars – while at the same time you could take the children along and spend a whole day shopping, lunch and the movies.
· Girl’s gold earrings, bracelets, necklaces and trinkets, are sold in all the hotels’ jewellery shops, downtown in Abdel-Khalek Tharwat, Kasr El-Nil and Talaat Harb streets. Or, if you prefer silver, you will find some shops, right before and after Felfela’s restaurant and take-away food stores in Talaat Harb Street.
· As for toys, you can’t miss them, and they are sold everywhere, from gas station Mobil shops, to department stores, and the Ogueil chain stores!
· Finally, if you run out of money, but have credit cards, all the streets I just mentioned have at least a couple of banks to save the day!

Some Listings for Kids & Teens:

· Art and Design School: 7 Baghdad St., Korba, Heliopolis. Telephone: 24159752. Contact person: Dr Issac Azmy.
· Art Fun: 2 Hassan Aflatoun St., Ard Al-Golf, Heliopolis. Telephone: 24194611, 012-3472716.
· Bedaya Art School and Conservatory: 93 Farid Semika St, Al-Hegaz Sq., Heliopolis. Telephone: 26374233, Fax: 26328383.
· The Pottery Workshop: 216 Sudan St., Mohandessin. Telephone: 33473445, 33447032.
· Fanoon Art School: Saqqara road, Sabil Umm Hashim, approximately four kilometres after the turn off to Saqqara Country Club. Telephone: 010-1586715.
· Pharaonic Village: 3 Al-Bahr Al-Azam st., on the Corniche. Telephone: 25718675/6/7.
· The Educational Centre for Development of Artistic Talents: Cairo Opera House, Gezira Island, Telephone: 27370603. Ask for the centre or ask for Dr Ratiba El-Hefny.
· Maadi Music Centre: 38D Road 206, Digla, Maadi. Telephone: 25196917, 010-5194518.
· En Vogue Modelling School and Agency: 12 Omar Ibn Al-Khattab St., Ramo Buildings, second floor, Nasr City.Telephone: 24146875.Web site: www.envogueonline.com
· Inji Solh Dance and Fitness Centre: 1 Moussa Galal Square, Mohandessin, near Seoudi Supermarket. Telephone: 33461517.
· MOVE: (Wellness, Ballet and Fitness classes for all ages. Patronage by ballerina Nadine and 3 other ballerinas) 33, Hegaz St., Mohendessin. Tel.: 33444701, Mobile: 0101208802.
· Creative Dance and Fitness Centre (Samia Allouba):13b Road 254, Digla, Maadi. Telephone: 25196575, 6 Amr St., off Syria St., Mohandessin. Telephone: 23020572.Web site: www.cdconline.com
· Fitness and Dance Academy: Nile Tower, 35 Abul-Feda, Zamalek. Telephone: 27377500.
· Smash Tennis Academy: Behind Novotel Airport Hotel. Working hours: from 9am to 4pm. For the summer school, call: 22670897/22670779/22670467.If you are only interested in arts and crafts, you can join the "Art Attack" programme. Contact person: Architect Ayman El-Kashty. Telephone: 22900164/ 012-2109217.
· Katamiyya Tennis Centre at Al-Shafie Ranch: New Cairo, off Katamiyya Road. Telephone: 27580805/27580516/17, Ext: 272, 273.
· Cairo American College: 1 Midan Digla St., Maadi. Telephone: 25196665.Web site: www.cacegypt.org/summer
· Integrated Care Society-Culture Centre: 42 intersection of Thawra St., and Abdallah Deraz, Ard Al-Golf, Heliopolis. Telephone: 24172084/5/6/7/8. Working hours: 9.30am to 2.30pm. Web site: www.ics.org.eg
· Swiss Club in Cairo: Villa Pax in 90, Gihad St., off Sudan St., Kit Kat, Imbaba. Telephone: 23142811 /23151455.
· Misr Al Gadida Library: 42 Al-Orouba St., Heliopolis. Telephone: 24158880. Fax: 24181618. Working hours: 9am to 9pm except Fridays.Web site: www.hsds.org.eg
· Greater Cairo Public Library: 15 Mohamed Mazhar St., Zamalek. Telephone: 27362271/27362278.Working hours: 9am to 5pm. Closed Fridays and Saturdays.
· Maadi Public Library: Al-Nasr St., New Maadi. Telephone: 22458457/22458457/23458457.Working Hours: 9am to 8pm except Mondays.
· Mubarak Public Library: 15 Tahawiya St., at the corner of Corniche Al-Nil and Tahawiya. Telephone: 23360291.Working hours: 11am to 7pm. Closed Tuesdays.
· British Council: Agouza Branch: 192a, Al-Nil St., Agouza. Telephone: 33031514/33476118.Heliopolis Branch: 4, Al-Minya St., off Nazih Khalifa St. Telephone: 24523395/7. Closed Fridays and Saturdays.Web site: www.britishcouncil.org/eg
· International Language Institute (ILI): 2 Mohamed Bayoumi St., off Merghani St., Heliopolis. Telephone: 22919295/24189212.
· Centre Francais de Culture et de Cooperation: Mounira Branch: 1 Madrasat Al-Huqouq Al-Faransiyya. Telephone: 27947679/27941012.Heliopolis Branch: 27 Sabri Abu Alam St. Telephone: 24193857.

· RECOMMENDED WEB SITEwww.cairokids.comIt is probably the only Egyptian site that deals with kids health, culture, entertainment and education. A whole section is dedicated to kids’ outings and excursions.


(Note: For the new telephone numbers, add the digits 2 or 3 at the beginning).