An elderly man sits alone at a wooden table inside Sayed Darwish Cafe (Ahwa Sayed Darwish), a traditional Egyptian coffeehouse located on a side street in Alexandria. The interior features aged yellow walls painted with Quranic verses and religious phrases, a wall-mounted television, wooden chairs and tables, and worn decorative details typical of historic Alexandrian street cafes. The cafe is named after Sayed Darwish (1892–1923), the pioneering Egyptian composer and singer born in Alexandria, widely regarded as the father of modern Egyptian music.