Plates

1. Entry to harat al-yahud (the Jewish quarter) in Cairo (courtesy of the Association pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel des juifs d'Egypte and Editions du Scribe)
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2. Haim Nahum Effendi, chief rabbi of Egypt, 1924-60 (courtesy of the Association pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel des juifs d'Egypte and Editions du Scribe)
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3. Yusuf ‘Aslan Qattawi (Cattaui) Pasha (1861-1942), two-time cabinet minister (1924-25) and president of the Sephardi Jewish community of Cairo (1924-42) (courtesy of the Association pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel des juifs d'Egypte and Editions du Scribe)
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4. Isaac G. Lévi, secretary-general of the Egyptian Federation of Industries (1922-56) and vice-president of the Sephardic Jewish community of Cairo (1943-56) (courtesy of the Association pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel des juifs d'Egypte and Editions du Scribe)
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5. Genealogy of the male members of the Egyptian Jewish Mosseri family, 1750-1901 (courtesy of the Association pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel des juifs d'Egypte and Editions du Scribe)
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6. A Jewish boxer. Isaac Amiel and Salonichio were national boxing champions. From the 1920s to 1956, Jews represented Egypt in international competitions in several sports and won national championships in boxing, wrestling, fencing, tennis, and golf; the Maccabi team won several national basketball titles. (courtesy of the Association pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel des juifs d'Egypte and Editions du Scribe)
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7. Karaites in prayer in the ‘Abbasiyya synagogue (courtesy of the Association pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel des juifs d'Egypte and Editions du Scribe)
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8. The last annual compilation of the colloquial Egyptian satirical journal Abu Naddara, founded in 1877 by Ya‘qub Sannu‘ (1839-1912). Sannu‘ was exiled from Egypt for his political and cultural activity and continued to publish Abu Naddara from Paris under several related names until 1910. He was the first to coin the nationalist slogan "Egypt for the Egyptians." (courtesy of the Association pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel des juifs d'Egypte and Editions du Scribe)
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9. Cover page of the Karaite biweekly newspaper al-Kalim, published by the Young Karaite Jewish Association and edited by Yusuf Kamal from 1945 to 1956 (courtesy of the Association pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel des juifs d'Egypte and Editions du Scribe)
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Masthead from the French-language Jewish weekly La Tribune Juive, published from 1936 to 1948.
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Masthead of the first issue of the Arabic-language Jewish Weekly, al-Shams, edited by Sa‘d Malki from 1934 to 1948.
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