The first two women to be executed in Egypt.. The house of Raya and Sakina attracts visitors from home and abroad
The story of two Egyptian sisters and their husbands, who became notorious serial killers in the country, has figured prominently in the oral history of the city of Alexandria in northern Egypt.
The two sisters, Raya and Sakina Ali Hammam, who killed nearly 17 women in the 1920s to steal their jewelry, captured the imagination of writers and novelists who documented their story, and placed it in literary templates in books and novels that later turned into material for entertainment and ridicule in plays, films and television series.
The sisters were the first two women to be executed in Egypt.
In the Al-Lubban neighborhood of Alexandria, one of the three houses in which the two sisters used to kill and bury their victims has turned into a shrine to attract curious visitors who want to visit and inspect a spot that witnessed brutal killings of women.
The residents of the area turned the facade of the dilapidated house into an exhibition of pictures of the two sisters and their husbands, the death warrant issued by the court, and other memorabilia.
One of the residents - Metwally Mohamed Abdel-Aal - takes visitors on tours to explain the history of the place.
He said, “This is the first house in which Sakina lived, when she came from Kafr al-Zayyat, they died here 3 (they killed three victims), and after that they moved to a neighborhood called Haret al-Naja.
They died (killed) two of them.
After that, they were transferred to Ali Bey Al-Kabeer Street, the house where 12 victims were.
The three houses died in them.
Here is Karkoun (police station) frankincense.
They were living in Dhahr al-Lubban (the police station).
He added, “We, as the people of the region, began to bring us from abroad (from abroad). Everyone who comes wants to see the house, and their photos.
As much as we could, we brought these pictures and (hanged) them in the house, on the door of the house, as you can see.”
Visitors are not advised to enter the building due to its poor condition.
Abdel-Al added that the 101st anniversary of the execution of Raya and Sakina will be held later this month.
He continued, “Raya and Sakina are the first two women to be subjected to the death penalty in the Arab world.
There wasn't a harem that didn't exist.
Today we are 7 in the month, also 14 days will be 21 (December) the 101st anniversary of their execution.”
While a Saudi tourist named Ali Al-Amir said, "We brought tourism to Egypt, and we had a schedule. Among the schedule, we would come to see Raya and Sakina's house."
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