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culture
"Al-Musafer
Khana"...
a
historic
palace
suffering
from
neglect
Sunday
26
August
2018
-
05:27
PM

The
traveler
is
a
box
Reem
Mukhtar
One
of
the
most
wonderful
historical
palaces
in
the
Al-Gamaleya
area.
It
is
the
Al-Musafer
Khana
Palace,
which
was
built
by
Mahmoud
Muharram
Al-Fayoumi
in
1789,
and
registered
as
a
monument
since
1897.
It
transformed
over
time
from
an
important
tourist
and
historical
site
and
shrine
to
a
pitiful
place.
From
the
moment
you
arrive
at
the
site,
you
are
met
with
smells
that
can...
You
have
to
endure
it,
so
the
ancient
palace
turns
into
a
yard
in
which
citizens
throw
garbage,
and
dogs
and
donkeys
roam
inside.
Not
only
that,
but
visitors
come
to
the
palace
at
night,
but
they
are
visitors
to
“Al-Kif”,
who
take
the
dilapidated
ruins
of
the
palace
as
their
shelter.
During
its
tour
of
the
historic
site,
the
Al-Bawaba
News
camera
monitored
signs
of
neglect
and
the
remains
of
evidence
of
drug
use,
represented
by
“syringes”
thrown
on
the
ground,
without
regard
to
the
sanctity
of
a
unique
historical
site,
inhabited
by
drug
users
at
night
and
stray
dogs
during
the
day.
We
communicated
with
a
number
of
residents
of
the
area
where
the
ancient
palace
is
located,
so
that
“A.F.”
narrated
the
details
of
what
the
site
was
exposed
to,
saying:
“We
were
placing
ourselves
as
guards
over
the
antiquity
before
it
broke
out
in
a
fire
in
1998,
and
we
discovered,
after
putting
out
the
fire,
that
all
of
the
antiquities
inside
it
had
been
stolen
and
“Emptying
the
palace,
so
that
it
is
devoid
of
any
landmarks
that
help
in
reaching
its
identity.”
He
continued:
"We
knew
its
value
as
something
similar
to
it
would
not
come
in
this
region
and
in
the
same
area,
and
we
preserved
it
until
it
became
a
shelter
for
criminals
and
drug
users.
We
spoke
with
many
officials
to
save
it,
but
to
no
avail.
We
reported
more
than
once
about
incidents
that
occurred
in
it,
such
as
quarrels
between
users
over
narcotic
doses."
And
making
noises
that
terrify
the
residents
of
the
area.”
In
an
area
not
far
from
the
palace,
specifically
in
the
house
opposite
it,
sits
a
woman
over
eighty
years
old,
who
recalled
her
childhood
memories
as
soon
as
the
editor
of
“Al-Bawaba
News”
asked
her
about
the
history
of
the
palace.
She
said
sadly:
“In
my
childhood,
the
palace
was
beautiful
from
the
outside,
and
even
though
I...
I
had
never
entered
it
before,
but
I
am
sure
that
it
was
more
beautiful
on
the
inside,
and
now
it
has
turned
into
a
drug
den,
a
shelter
for
gunmen,
and
a
large
basket
for
the
rubbish
from
which
we
suffer.
None
of
this
was
here
before
the
fire
that
struck
the
palace,
and
he
did
not
care
about
it.
One
of
the
effects
so
far.
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