El-Fishawy Café
{{Short description|Coffee shop in Cairo}}
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El-Fishawy Café ({{langx|ar|مقهى الفيشاوي}}) is a cafe in Khan el-Khalili market in Cairo which opened in 1797.
The cafe, named after its first owner, has been run by successive generations of the same family over at least seven generations. During the 20th century the cafe became known for attracting writers and intellectuals, including Naguib Mahfouz and Ahmed Zewail.{{Cite web |title=The Cairo cafe serving tea since Napoleon invaded Egypt |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/egypt-el-fishawy-cafe-cairo |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last=Stone |first=George |date=October 2011 |title=Sipping Rooms |journal=National Geographic Traveler |volume=28 |issue=7 |via=EBSCO}}{{Cite web |title=مقهى الفيشاوي بالقاهرة.. شاهد على التاريخ وقبلة الملوك والمفكرين |url=https://www.ajnet.me/misc/2019/7/3/%D9%85%D9%82%D9%87%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A8 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=الجزيرة نت |language=ar-EG}}
The cafe is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Since its founding, a number of branches of El-Fishawy have been opened across Egypt, including at Sharm El-Sheikh.{{Cite news |last=Al-Aees |first=Shaimaa |date=21 May 2018 |title=El-Fishawy Café opens branch in Sheikh Zayed |url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/el-fishawy-café-opens-branch-sheikh-zayed/docview/2041558665/se-2 |access-date=12 April 2025 |work=Daily News Egypt}}
El-Fishawy has been recognised by the government of Egypt as one of the oldest cafes in the country.{{Cite news |date=9 February 2022 |title=History in a Cup: The Oldest Cafés in Egypt |work=Al Bawaba}}