English: "Selim and Samaan Sidnawy" stores were started in the heart of Al-Khazandar Square in the famous Al-Mousa district in downtown Cairo. He specialized in selling Egyptian-made fabrics and textiles. Some tell the story of his founder as a symbol of the self-man who came from Syria and worked in a scrap shop in Al-Azhar. The store expanded to include 70 branches in Egypt.