Café Riche

This book is an interesting narrative about Cairo’s architectural modernization

journey and shows the role played by the most prominent cafes in the history of

the city during the modern era.The book speaks mainly about Café Raiche as

an enchanted place in downtown Cairo, from the time when its original Greek

owner and adventurer Michelle Politis, the lover of art and culture, chose this

path, all the way to the family of Abd El-Malak, which still runs the café as a

cultural heritage, not just as private property.

The book reveals the role of "Café Riche" in generating ideas and crystalizing

unique cultural dialogues which were associated with pivotal transformation

points in the history of the city and made it one of the main cultural landmarks

in the history of the city’s architecture. This book contains a full history of Café

Riche architecture with maps of many buildings which embraced the café,

during different eras. It also displays a long list of prominent names and events

which took place inside the café and in its adjoining variety theater, in addition

to many angry political demonstrations that were planned for within its walls.