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Chourbaguis brothers, whose name was painted over the Davies Bryan original signage. In 1961 it was acquired by a state-owned insurance company and returned to the Chourbaguis family in the early 21st century. In 2008 the building was purchased by the Al-Ismailia real estate investment firm. It is now divided into smaller shops including Stephenson's Pharmacy which has preserved some of the original architectural features as a monument to the Welsh presence in Egypt.
162:, including its motto "Y Gwir yn Erbyn y Byd" (Welsh: "Truth against the world"). The frontage also bore the D and B family initials. The store, the largest in Cairo, became a "pilgrimage for all Welsh travellers" to Egypt. The company was well respected and Arab Egyptians entrusted it with large gold deposits, over the banks.
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Bryan returned to Wales but travelled again to Egypt in 1887, intending to remain there longer-term. He established a haberdashery shop within the
Continental Hotel in Cairo selling hats, drapery, hosiery and shoes. Bryan was soon joined in Cairo by his brother Joseph. Bryan opened a branch in
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Davies Bryan's brothers continued the business until the last surviving, Edward, died in 1929. The company's chief accountant Fred
Purslow then bought a share in the company and continued to run the Cairo store under its original name well into the 1950s. The store was sold around 1957 to the
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to design a 1,900 square metres (20,000 sq ft) store in the popular Sharia Emad Al Din district. The store, fronting al-Maghrabi, Mohammed Farid and al-Manakh streets, three of the busiest in the district, opened in 1910. It was a landmark building of red
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Caernarfon store in 1889 but opened new branches at
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