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Date of source: Thursday, December 13, 2018
President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī has allocated 1 billion and 270 million pounds ($ 71 million) to restore the Jewish heritage in Egypt.
The Israeli embassy to Egypt praised the decision to restore the Jewish temples of al-Beheira, Cairo and Alexandria. Out of 25 synagogues located in Egypt, only 11...
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2018
The Head of the Jewish Community in Egypt Mājda Shihāta Hārūn emphasized that the project related to restoring the Jewish synagogues, which are unregistered as antiquities, into cultural centers is under way. She pointed out that the garbage removal works started in al-Mahallah al-Kubrá’s Hayyim El...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Women dressed in black, with hijāb over their heads and others with crosses in their necklaces have shown solidarity with the loss of Nadiah Shihātah Harūn.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 28, 2017
MEMRI TV Clip No. 6274 highlighted the November 5 interview with firebrand lawyer Nabīh al-Waḥsh, who stated on Egyptian TV, “I'm proud to be anti-Semitic,” and “if I see any Israeli, I will kill him.”
Date of source: Tuesday, November 28, 2017
MEMRI TV Clip No. 6274 highlighted the November 5 interview with firebrand lawyer Nabīḥ al-Waḥsh, who stated on Egyptian TV, “I'm proud to be anti-Semitic,” and “if I see any Israeli, I will kill him.”
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Egypt's senior official reaffirmed the invalidity of claims and allegations made about Egypt in the report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) by stating that the report is not based on established facts, but is rather contrary to the reality in some of the...
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Background:
Shiḥāta Hārūn (1920–16.3.2001), one of the founding members of Ḥizb al-Tajammuʿ (National Progressive Unionist Party) and former lawyer is an Egyptian Jew. He was also among the many Egyptians arrested in 1967. His Jewish identity is intertwined with Egypt’s history and he never left...
Date of source: Monday, August 26, 2013
AWR interns, Ahmed Deiab and Daniela De Maria, sat with film director, Amir Ramses, at his home in Dokki on August 14 to discuss his documentary film, "Jews of Egypt". Deiab and De Maria noted that he was very kind and welcoming despite having a flight to France the following morning. Ramses...
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2008
Husayn Sirāj reviews a book authored by Sulaymān al-Hakīm about Jews who proved to be true Egyptians. The book, which is entitled ’Yahūd…wa-Lākin Misryūn’ [Jews but Egyptians], focuses on the lives of Jewish Egyptian artists and their political and national stances.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 4, 2002
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Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
Jewish groups in Egypt celebrate the anniversary of Abū Ḥasīrah.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Husām ‘Abdul Hakam and ‘Imād Basālī made an adventurous journey through Jewish synagogues in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
The court’s decision that cancelled the
celebration of the mulid of Abū Hasera, and annulled a decree from the
Minister of Culture, which
considered the tomb of Abū Hasera to be one of the Egyptian Coptic and Islamic monuments
may be appealed
against by legal experts from the Supreme Council...
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Al-Arabi
and Āfāq Arabia
reported that a great many Jews came to the village of Demtawa to celebrate the mulid of Abū
Hasera. al-
Ahrar wrote that this year only three Jews attended the celebration. Rose al-Youssef mentioned that the
celebration was canceled by an Egyptian decree. It pointed...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 2, 2001
The issue of celebrating the mulid of Abū Hasera aroused the anger of the inhabitants
of Demtawa, where his tomb
is located. There are many conflicting stories about the reality of his
character. Some stories say that he was one
of the prophets that were sent to the Israelites in Egypt and...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
The Supreme Council for Antiquities (S.C.A.) is investigating
foreign
excavation missions working in Egypt after the release of a book titled ‘Israel in Sinai’ by an American
archaeologist currently carrying out research in Sinai.
Date of source: Monday, September 18, 2006
The Jews in Egypt agreed to unite and establish one
council for all Jews’ organizations and
institutions in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 30, 2006
A Jew who converted to Islam and now lives in a cheap Cairo hotel
tells his story. He grew up in
Morocco, where his father was an advisor to King Muhammad V. He discusses his
emigration to Israel and the
mistreatment he received from Ashkenazi Jews.
Date of source: Friday, July 28, 2006
A conference was held in Haifa where 200 Egyptian Jews gathered to claim their
properties in Egypt. The author reports about the conference and met with Egyptian figures to investigate the
matter.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2006
A conference of Egyptian Jews was convened in Haifa, Israel to discuss
matters such
as the return of Jewish ‘personal properties,’ the Jewish supervision of their heritage in Egypt and
establishing a documentation center to store documents related to Jewish family linage.
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