Labban
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Labban is a neighborhood in Alexandria
Alexandria
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. It lies next to the Western Harbor
Alexandria Port
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Historical places in Labban include:
- 7 Girls(Sabaa Banat) church and clinic,
- Sant Catrine Cathetrade,
- Lebone Building (Where the Name Labban Come from)
- Electricity and Gas Company which is the first of its kind in Africa and the East,
- Nahhas Studios,
- Arab Carpets Factory,
- Boghus Industrial City,
- Areminan Building,
- San Charl Burromen German School,
- San Vincent De Paul French School,
- Boloutan Square where the fight happened and taken by England as an excuse to conquer Egypt in the early 19th century
- King Osman Factory
- Ideal Refrigerators Factory
- Bremos Burners Factory
- Karatch Kotshekian Industrial Area
- Alexandria Security Directorate and office of the military commander

Many famous figures come from Labban including:

- Kamel Al Khoulahi (Top Historical Musician)
- Abdulfattah Al Kosaai (Actor)
- Adel Adham (Actor)
- Karima Mukhtar (Actress)
- Omar Sherief (Actor)
- Charels Aznafour (Singer)
- Yanni (Musician)
- Moniem Ismail (Politician)
- Mohamed Hussien Nour (Power Engineer)
- Mohamed Abdulwahab (Computer Professor and University President CA, USA)
.... and hundreds of very well known figures

Location

Close to within al-Gomrok neighborhood. Walking Distance to the east harbor of Alexandria

- East: Saladin Street in Attarine
- West: Gomrok (Alexandria Harbor)
- North: Manshiyea
- South: Mina Al Basal Industrial and Import/Export area

See also

  • Neighborhoods in Alexandria
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