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Coffee Culture

ثقافة القهوة

A trail through the Arab drink that conquered the world: Yemen, Istanbul, Cairo's and Paris's coffeehouses.

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Egypt & Nile
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5steps · 30min · newcomer · student

  1. The coffeehouse

    Poets, chess and politics: the East's first public salon.

    El-Fishawy Café · Cairo

  2. El-Fishawy

    Khan al-Khalili's café since 1771: mirrors, Mahfouz, arabesque.

    El-Fishawy Café

  3. Café Riche

    Downtown Cairo 1908: officers, writers and revolution.

    Café Riche

  4. Paris

    Coffee reaches Europe via Casablanca and Vienna.

    Le Café de la Mosquée de Paris · Rick's Café Casablanca

  5. Coffee in law

    Coffee's fiqh debate in Mecca and Cairo.

    What is halal?

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Overview

A path through the drink of the Arabs that conquered the world: from Yemen to Istanbul, to the coffee houses of Cairo, Paris and Casablanca, the houses of poets and statesmen.

Sources

  • Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “Coffee Culture”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-coffee-culture/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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