| 📍 Country/City | Egypt · Cairo |
| 🏬 Address | El Ataba Square, El Ashar St, El Mosky, Cairo Governorate, Egypt |
| 🏭 Categories | Apparel & Textiles Daily-use Goods Electronics & Electrical |
| 🖼 Image keyword | El Ataba market Cairo wholesale textiles clothing 🔍 Search images |
El-Ataba Market is a sprawling historic bazaar around Ataba Square in central Cairo, right beside the El Moski district and served directly by the Ataba metro station. It consists of dense lanes and covered arcades filled with stalls, with its fabric section along El Ashar Street said to hold more than 200 shops (exact figure unconfirmed). Clothing, piece goods, household goods and small electronics are clustered here, making it a key sourcing point for smaller wholesalers serving Greater Cairo and the wider Egyptian market.
The market specialises in piece goods and fabrics, ready-made clothing and daily-use household items, with a side trade in small electronics and home hardware. Goods mix local manufacture with Chinese imports, and pricing is geared to local small-shop bulk buyers. For Chinese exporters of textiles, garments, footwear, daily necessities and small appliances, it offers a practical entry point for finding distributors who supply retail shops across Cairo and the Egyptian national market.
