Beit El-Umma
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 Saad Zaghloul Cemetery & Museum - Bayt al-Umma - Munira - Cairo | |
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| Location | Cairo,Egypt. |
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| Type | historic house museumandSaad Zaghlulbiographical museum |
Beit El-UmmaorBayt al-Umma(House of the People) is ahistoric house museumandSaad Zaghlulbiographical museum inCairo,Egypt.
Saad Zaghlul
[edit]Beit El-Umma, or House of the People, was built at the turn of the century as a residence for the nationalist leader of modern Egypt and founder of theWafd party,Saad Zaghlul(1857–1927). There is a bronze statue of Saad Zaghlul at the entrance to the museum.
Beit El-Umma
[edit]Beit El-Umma has been carefully preserved in its original state as a museum,[1]providing its visitors with a rare taste of the lifestyles of the Egyptian political elite at that time. It has anArt Nouveaudining room,Louis XV stylereception rooms, an Arab style living room, Turkish baths and a fine library, which has over 5,000 books.[2]Inside the house, several portraits and photographs of Saad Zaghloul and his wifeSafiya Zaghloulare hung on the walls, as well as portraits for other members of the family, leaders and public speakers at the time.
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