A Revolutionary Tea House Of Egypt

Twenty-seven years Isra Abdul Fatah is the pioneer of the revolution that made a history in the important country of Egypt in the region. She posted a message on her Facebook wall for strike call on April 08, 2008. The visitors on the her facebook page liked her message and through comments she contacted her facebook friend Ahmad Mahir. Both met in the famous Tea House of Cairo the "Resh". Both discussed the ways through facebook , and SMS to make the April 08 strike a successful one. During the coming days many young people joined their group and the center of their planning was "Resh" The government secret agents could not detect their planning. When day of protest approached it looked like whole the Egypt was abandoned except the Tehrir square where protesters gathered in tens of thousand. This scene Egypt has never seen before. After this successful strike Resh became the important center of revolutionaries.
The recent revolutionary movement gave fame to the tea house that it is known now everywhere in the world. Located in the middle of newspaper and business offices, this yea house has gained prominent place in the Egyptian history. Near the well-known Tehrir Square on the Talat Harb street, a German citizen founded the tea house during 1908. A French citizen Henry bought it in 1914. He names it as "Resh"
Henry sold it to a Greek business man before the end of World War II. He expanded it and afterward was bought by Egyptian Jaddi Makhael who owns it yet.
The activities taking place in this tea house are behind any movement that occurred in Egypt. When Britishers banned printing in 1919, the writers hiddenly kept printing machines in the tea house building and continued their printings from here. Afterward these machine had been in the store of tea house for 80 years.The Resh had been playing central role in the movement against France. Political workers and thinkers used it as shelter house. The Resh is witness to all the important events like fall of Sultanate, French occupation and assassination of former Egyptian prime minister Yousuf Wahba. Resh has not only importance in Egypt but it is well known in whole the Middle East. The renown writers, poets, intellectuals and artists of Egypt have deep love for Resh.The literary sittings of first Arab Nobel Laureate Najeeb Mahfooz and his colleagues, Yousif Adrees, Najib Sarwar and Kamal al Malagh use to takeplace in this tea house. Fans of Najib came here to visit him and learn from their discussions.
The tea house remained the center of politicians in every regime, who discussed their politics here. The Resh tea house saves the beautiful history of Egypt and foreigners visiting the pyramids do come here to have a cup of tea or coffee.