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2023-07-24 Africa North

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-07-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 In advance, during and immediately after the Six Day War in 1967 the Syrian community in Alexandria and the Delta left Egypt in the tens of thousands. Nasser left no doubt that not only would Egypt be quit of its minuscule Jewish population, it would be quit of Syrians, Greeks, Lebanese and Turks. Egypt would be for the Egyptians. The result was an Egyptian economy, and Alexandria itself, that languished in the doldrums for years.

Posted by Chaiger Henbane8193 2023-07-24 10:33|| 2023-07-24 10:33|| Front Page Top

#2 "Selim and Samaan Sednaoui... By the time they died, they had bequeathed the largest department store in Cairo. The elegant building on Khazendar Street was designed by the architect who designed the Galeries Lafayette in Paris.
I believe this is incorrect. The largest store was the Hannaux, owned by a Jewish family of French history. Hannaux spent years trying to recoup after Naser sequestered his business. But France (beginning with DeGaulle) never supported his claim for recompense.

Posted by Chaiger Henbane8193 2023-07-24 10:39|| 2023-07-24 10:39|| Front Page Top

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