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Habib Shémés
Habib Shémés, a wealthy autochthonous Egyptian Jew from Haret el-Yahud at the end of the 19th century. Shémés family is renowned as living in Egypt from the beginning of the 1st century, if not before. Shémés is mentioned by Greek Alchemists in Alexandria in the 4th century, as a Jewish Prophet and the mythological founder […]
Egyptian Passport issued in August 1950 in Cairo
Egyptian Passport issued in August 1950 in Cairo, to Ezra Behor Youssef Belboul. (From the book “The Golden Era of the Jews of Egypt” by Levana Zamir)
All boys classroom of the Jewish Cattaoui School
All boys classroom of the Jewish Cattaoui School, Cairo – 1937. (David and Joseph Vidal private collection)
