One of Alexandria’s most iconic pubs is the Spitfire. Gamal, who now manages it, says he’s seen the world through the iconic watering hole. Gamal also says he “met guests from all nationalities, most of which came to Alexandria on business trips to visit companies or factories or on ships stopping at the port,” according to Cairobserver. He is in love with the pub, “Its walls talk to me every day,” he says. “He is equally in love with the sea of Alexandria for no particular reason and cannot imagine his life anywhere else.”