We ventured into Little Egypt this weekend, which was quite an experience! The picture below doesn't quite do it justice, but this is a few block long area on Steinway that is filled with Arab food stores, restaurants, shops selling items from Turkey, Egypt, and other countries, and, of course, many hookah (nargela) lounges. All of the signs are written in Arabic (some with english too) and the streets are filled with groups of men chatting and smoking hookah and drinking tea. It definitely feels like the middle east for these few blocks and we thoroughly enjoyed walking around and experiencing Little Egypt!
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