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It was the first shop in Egypt to stock adult and children's books in Arabic, English, French and German together, opening on 26th of July Street in Zamalek in March 2002.

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Diwan opened in Zamalek in March 2002, started by three women with no bookselling background, and was the first shop in Egypt to sell adult and children's books in four languages at once.

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+14.3%the pace consumer prices are rising in Egypt

Source: CAPMAS urban headline CPI, published by the Central Bank of Egypt · June 2026 · read August 7, 2026

At this pace, an item you put off for a year costs roughly 14.3% more, which is why a marked sale month beats waiting for prices to fall.

This is the official price index for the whole market. Individual products move faster or slower than the index, and a sale beats the index either way.

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Diwan opened one shop on 26th of July Street in Zamalek in March 2002, started by three women with no bookselling background, and was the first storefront in Egypt to stock books for adults and children in Arabic, English, French and German under one roof.

Four languages in one shop, which is why the stock list is unusual

Diwan was built from the start to carry Arabic, English, French and German titles for adults and children together, so a search that fails at a single-language bookshop is worth repeating here before ordering from abroad.

About Diwan : the full picture

Diwan opened in March 2002. Nadia Wassef, her sister Hind and their friend Nihal put the first shop on 26th of July Street in Zamalek without a bookselling background between them, at a point when nobody in Cairo was betting on a bookshop, and made it the first storefront in Egypt to sell adult and children's titles in Arabic, English, French and German side by side.

It grew from there into a chain, and added Diwan Publishing in 2021. The four-language stock policy from 2002 is still the reason to check Diwan before importing a title.

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Four languages under one roof was the founding idea

When the Zamalek shop opened in March 2002 it was the first in Egypt to carry adult and children's books in Arabic, English, French and German together. That range is still the reason to start a search here.

Three founders who had never sold books

The shop was started by three women with no bookselling background, which is why it was laid out for readers rather than to a trade formula. The selection reflects choices made by people buying what they wanted to read.

Books barely discount, so availability is the question

Margins on a title leave almost nothing for a code to work with, and the real problem in Egypt is whether a book is in the country at all. Judge a bookshop on whether it has the title, not on the percentage.

Ask them to order what is not on the shelf

A shop built on range will source a title it does not currently hold rather than turning the request away. That service is worth more than a discount on a book nobody has.

Stationery and gifts are where a code lands

The non-book side carries the margin that book pricing does not, so promotions reach notebooks, cards and gifts more readily. Build the discounted half of the basket there.

Alert the fair and festival weeks

Book retail in Egypt moves around the Cairo International Book Fair and the school-year start rather than a monthly promotional cycle. An alert covers those.

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What made Diwan unusual when it opened?

It was the first shop in Egypt to stock adult and children's books in Arabic, English, French and German together, opening on 26th of July Street in Zamalek in March 2002.

Do promo codes work on books?

Barely. Book margins leave little for a discount to act on, so promotions reach stationery, cards and gifts instead. Availability matters more than price on a title.

What if the book I want is not in stock?

Ask them to order it. A shop built around range will source a title it does not hold, which is worth more than a percentage off a book that is not in the country.

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March 2002, on 26th of July Street in Zamalek, Cairo. It was started by Nadia Wassef, her sister Hind and their friend Nihal.

Arabic, English, French and German, for both adults and children. It was the first storefront in Egypt to carry all four together.

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