The Nile Corniche, also known as the Kornish al-Nil, is a road that extends along the length of the Nile river in almost all of Egypt's governorates. The Corniche walkway was dominated by European tourist resorts during the early 1920s, but the Free Officers Movement sought to eliminate foreign manifestations in downtown Cairo following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, with Gamal Abdel Nasser overseeing the construction of a street parallel to the Nile from Shubra to Helwan from 1955 to 1956. The Nile Corniche enabled the Egyptian people so stroll along the Corniche and enjoy its view and pure air, breaking the powers and privileges of foreigners in Egypt. Hosni Mubarak oversaw the addition of a new wall and parks along the Corniche, and, in 2019, the Mamsha Ahl Misr was established to increase the open spaces for hiking and to benefit tourism.
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