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Dead Sea Scrolls, free at last
Archaeology

Dead Sea Scrolls, free at last

The Dead Sea Scrolls were fated to a controversial place in history. After being secreted away in a cave, supposedly…
Searching for peace in ‘Ghosts With No Maps’
Books

Searching for peace in ‘Ghosts With No Maps’

The title of “Ghosts With No Maps” - Albawtaka’s second collection of translated short stories, published in 2011 - might…
Pope Shenouda: Modern-day Jews not ‘God’s chosen people’
Egypt

Pope Shenouda: Modern-day Jews not ‘God’s chosen people’

Modern-day Jews are not God's chosen people, said Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, in a…
In ‘Sacred Trash,’ a hidden chapter of Cairo’s Jewish history is revealed
Books

In ‘Sacred Trash,’ a hidden chapter of Cairo’s Jewish history is revealed

A scholar named Solomon Schechter traveled to Cairo 120 years ago to do what so many Western explorers, scholars and…
Egypt police disperse protest against planned Jewish festival in Damanhour
Egypt

Egypt police disperse protest against planned Jewish festival in Damanhour

Security services on Thursday dispersed a protest vigil held by members of various political parties and factions against an upcoming…
Tel Aviv City Council clash over proposal to add Arabic name
World

Tel Aviv City Council clash over proposal to add Arabic name

Tempers flared over a proposal by Tel Aviv City Council member, Yuaf Goldring, to add the Arabic name of the…
Lucette Lagnado’s ‘Man in the White Sharkskin Suit’
Books

Lucette Lagnado’s ‘Man in the White Sharkskin Suit’

El-Ragol Zul Badla el-Baydaa el-Sharkskin, Waqaea Khoroug Aeila Yahodia Men Misr ('The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish…
Egyptians in Israel: Taking away our citizenship is impossible
Egypt

Egyptians in Israel: Taking away our citizenship is impossible

Haifa--Shoukri el-Shazli, leader of the Egyptian community in Israel, said it is not possible to strip Egyptians in Israel of…
The Jews of Egypt: A tale of love and cold shoulders
Archaeology

The Jews of Egypt: A tale of love and cold shoulders

Last month, Egypt finalized the restoration of the Maimonides synagogue in Cairo’s "haret el-yahud", its old Jewish Quarter. But the…
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