Khal el khalili yesterday and today

INA00137
Note

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
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