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With its Corniche boutiques and take-aways, and acres of villas set amidst luxuriant grounds, Ma'adi is unmistakably wealthy. Besides native millionaires and Gulf Arabs, most of Egypt's American community lives here. US citizens can enjoy a free Fourth of July Party at the American School, courtesy of taxpayers back home (bring your passport). Trendy restaurants include the Thai Bua Khao, at 9 Road 151 (daily 11.30am-11.30pm; tel 350-0126) and the Seahorse on Ma'adi's Corniche (tel 363-8830), near the As-Salam International Hospital . Ma'adi also has a handful of Chinese restaurants, including a branch of the city-wide Peking chain; an Indian, the Bukhara, 43 Sharia Misr Helwan (tel 375-5999); and an outpost of Felfela 's on the Corniche. The Military Hospital , further north, is the largest of its kind in the Middle East. It was here that the ex-Shah of Iran died of cancer, and President Sadat was rushed by helicopter from the blood-soaked reviewing stand in Medinet Nasr. As a young officer during World War II, Sadat was actually stationed in Ma'adi when he became embroiled in a Nazi spy ring. Ma'adi is directly accessible from Midan Tahrir by minibus (#52 & #58; or #56 from Midan Ataba), microbus service taxi or metro (25min). Further south amidst the Muqattam foothills, the quarries of Tura have yielded fine limestone since pharaonic times (it was here that pyramid casing blocks were quarried), and now also produce cement.
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