Khal el khalili yesterday and today

Collection title

Mediterraneo

ID

INA00137

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

01/29/2000

Production year

2000

Abstract

The Khal El Khalili market, a six centuries old shopping center, a former caravanserai, became the largest bazaar in Cairo. In the late 14th, an Emir decided to build a major trading center. Cairo was then a platform for exchange of silk, spices or medicinal herbs.

Type

video

Production companies

• France 3 Méditerranée - Coproduction
• RAI - Coproduction

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Primary theme

Markets and crafts

Secondary themes

• Society and way of life / Public areas and social issues

Credits / Cast

• Causarano Francisco - Journalist

Period of events

• From 1000 to 1500

Map locations

• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Cairo

Original language

French

Media running time

6m18