Arab street in Singapore ... the story and history of attracting tourists

In Singapore, the range of possible streets for the Chinese, Malay and Indians the streets are modern, and while not forget the area of Little India or Little India because of the fragrances by orosha apt, the vibrant colors enjoyed by shops in the Arab neighborhood is what will be in the memory of the "Arab street in Singapore".

Maybe be stores textile and Persian rugs are the most attractive in the Arab street, but you'll also see leather, perfumes, jewelry, leather bags wholesale, it's easy to spend a few hours between stores, looking for something what les a repository of talks sellers out there.

And the story of this street can be considered back to the treaty signed by Sultan Hussein Mohamed Shah with Thomas Stamford Raffles, a father of modern Singapore and its founder was one of the officials of the East India Company concluded agreements with the Sultan the Malaysian state of Johor is currently the leader of the assignor assume the tiangong.

And through that treaty were to allocate the area of cancer with the identification of the existing land as the Muslims, and with time the area became to attract Malay and equal osore, not to mention merchants from Yemen and the Middle East.

Descended most of the Arab community in Singapore these trade yemenis, it is believed that their number ranges in about 15 thousand people, and they intermarried with the rest of Singaporean society and the Muslim did not remain resident in a particular area, cannot be distinguished by appearance or language, except those of migrants and newcomers from the merchants and businessmen of the Arab.

Keep the Arab Street is one of the magnificent areas that shaped the Singapore of old, although the Islamic character has been diluted over the years, but the new enhancements began to make the place a character of Arab and Islamic more, especially with the University for peace and the women's traditional houses, built in the style of curry and old, in addition to restaurants, the Middle East, which occupies the street with boutiques and shops selling crafts and antiques.

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