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2019-07-09 Africa North

5 Jews left in Cairo with death of matriarch Marcelle Haroun

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-07-09 00:25|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 back in the days of King Fuad I and Farouk I, Jews were in high government positions, especially in the Finance Dept (to reduce corruption)

first pogroms in Egypt were in 1945

that is, before Israel was founded

King Farouk was forced to abdicate in 1952 and by 1954 Nasser was in control.

Posted by lord garth 2019-07-09 06:42|| 2019-07-09 06:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Following the war in '67 the last of the Jews began to leave Alexandria. Along with them went the Italians, Syrian and Lebanese Christians, Maltese and Greeks. Nasser got his way and the famed polyglot city of Alexandria was "Arabized."

Posted by Chereting Pelosi1889 2019-07-09 09:49|| 2019-07-09 09:49|| Front Page Top

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