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Adjoining eastern districts along the coast road, where the Mahmoud Said Museum occupies the painter's own Italianate villa — around forty of his works, plus paintings by Adham and Seif Wanly. Gianaclis also holds Janaklees, an artist-run film and art space. Residential, quiet, and holding the best concentration of Egyptian modernism in the city.
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