Luna Park, Cairo

The Cairo Luna Park was a trolley park[1] in Heliopolis, Egypt. Open from 1911 to the beginning of 1915, the Cairo Luna Park was the first Western-style amusement park in Africa and the first in the Middle East.[2] On 19 January 1915, buildings and grounds were converted into an auxiliary hospital at Luna Park for World War I;[3] the hospital was closed on 10 July 1916.[4]