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Communities: The Levantines of Egypt, a class-based enclave

Communities: The Levantines of Egypt, a class-based enclave

When the late Basseem Nabki, a Christian man of Syrian descent, sold shawls and scarves in the popular quarter of…
Communities: An Egyptian Map of Italy

Communities: An Egyptian Map of Italy

“The idea of travelling has controlled their minds…People who travelled started building concrete houses and multi-story buildings. The youth became…
Communities: Remnants of a Jewish past

Communities: Remnants of a Jewish past

A taxi pulls up to the Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue on Adly Street in downtown Cairo. The driver has to wait…
Communities: Armenians in Egypt recount rich history

Communities: Armenians in Egypt recount rich history

At a time when the citizenship of a candidate’s mother disqualifies him from the presidency, it is nearly impossible to…
Communities: Egypt’s Greek legacy

Communities: Egypt’s Greek legacy

Foreign communities in Cairo and Alexandria in particular have helped shape the architecture, neighborhoods and communities that live there today.…
Spitfire: A very old family-run bar in Alexandria

Spitfire: A very old family-run bar in Alexandria

Once the metropolitan capital of the Mediterranean, today Alexandria has shed most of its former skin. Spitfire is one of…
Q&A with Wafaa El-Sadr: Leading HIV expert on the global epidemic and its bearing in Egypt

Q&A with Wafaa El-Sadr: Leading HIV expert on the global epidemic and its bearing in Egypt

Egyptian-born Wafaa El-Sadr — originally a graduate from Qasr al-Aini Medical School in 1975 — is currently the director of the International Center for…
Welcome to the Facebook mall

Welcome to the Facebook mall

The latest shopping trend: Facebook. As visas to Europe and the US are becoming increasingly harder to acquire and the…
Students compete for Mt. Sinai trip with Everest climber, for charity

Students compete for Mt. Sinai trip with Everest climber, for charity

Students from three schools competed to raise the most money for children with special needs in a competition arranged by…
Postcard from Northampton: An idyllic artistic town

Postcard from Northampton: An idyllic artistic town

Approximately a three hour bus ride north of New York City, and two hours west of Boston, sits a beautiful…
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