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Out of Egypt
Could the exodus of Egyptian Jews in the 20th century be repeated now with other minority communities?
Khaled Fahmy , Sunday 13 Jan 2013
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A few of these Jews had settled in Egypt since ancient times, sometimes well before the Arab conquest of Egypt, but the majority came to Egypt in the 19th century, fleeing the European pogroms. Others were lured by the dolce vita that Egypt offered at that time.









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Yossi Amitay
14-01-2013 02:26pm
A highly important article
I salute Khaled Fahmy's article, briefly surveying the history of Egyptian Jewish community and the sad circumstances that stirred up their exodus from the country they loved and were loyal to. BTW, researches of early Egyptian Jewish history are available also in Arabic, e.g. Dr. Huwaida Abdel Azim Ramadan's study, "Al-Yahood fi Misr al-Islamiyya" (Jews in Islamic Egypt). Links between Jewish leftists and the Egyptian Communist movement were also extensively studied, mostly in Dr. Rifaat El Said's writings, and - may I humbly add - in my own study "The Egyptian Left and the Arab-Israeli Conflict", that was translated to Arabic and published in Egypt in 2008. Fahmy is right in indicating that most of the Jews who left Egypt chose to immigrate to countries other than Israel. They might have left Egypt, but - as the late Jacques Hassoun once mentioned - Egypt has never left them. However, Egyptian Jews now living in both Israel and the diaspora are not likely to return, particularly as
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14-01-2013 07:50am
What if?
There is a large segment of Egyptians have been wanting out of Egypt for long time. I mean real long time, which started during Nasser's era. To offer you a counter argument, If the Arab Gulf Counties were to offer permanent residency to its Egyptian work force, you would see the Majority leave Egypt. The West is no exception, There are large number of Muslims that prefer it, for its economic and scientific advantages. If the US Consulate in Cairo, were to open "full" migration during Mubarak's era, you would see the majority of educated Egyptians camped out at its gate. Morsi, has been only a President for few months. He is not responsible for global warming or for the hole ozone layer.
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13-01-2013 08:38pm
Back then there wasn't a very good way to treat leukiemia so blaming Egypt for his daughter's death is ridiculous. Finally, you need to cite your sources that the MB are "terrorists" otherwise you are guilty of libel and should be punished by a court.
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23-01-2013 09:46pm
Its an opinion!
you know this is an opinion article right? if your looking for souces and citations perhaps look for an academic article or just ask for him for his source. its great that your able to separate objective facts from opinion(ish), something which many people still seem unable to do.However I don't feel that theatening to take someone to court over an opinion article is really conducive to democracy.

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