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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 04/06/2026 16:14:00

At the heart of the historic Malay-Muslim quarter known as Kampong Glam, Arab Street is a vibrant thoroughfare whose shophouses, textile merchants and the great golden dome of a nearby mosque conjure the atmosphere of a Middle Eastern bazaar in the middle of Singapore. The street takes its name from the Arab traders who settled in the area in the early nineteenth century, when this district was set aside for the Malay community and for Muslim merchants from across the region and beyond, and it g...