Maadi or
al-Ma'adi ( /
transliterated: ) is an affluent, leafy suburban district south of
Cairo,
Egypt on the east bank of the
Nile about 12 km upriver from downtown Cairo. The Nile at Maadi is parallelled by the
Corniche, a waterfront promenade and the main road north into Cairo. There is no bridge across the Nile at Maadi; the nearest one is located at El Mounib along the Ring Road (Tariq al-Da'iri) on the way north to the downtown.