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A general view shows the Prophet Eliyahu Hanavi synagogue also known as the Temple of the Eliyahu Hanabi of Alexandria in Nabi Daniel Street in the northern Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria on November 14, 2016.

Once a flourishing community, only a handful of Egyptian Jews, mostly elderly women, is all that remains in the Arab world's most populous country, aiming at least to preserve their heritage. Egypt still has about a dozen synagogues, but like many of the country's monuments they need restoration

Egypt acts to preserve Jewish heritage

Rami Galal

Cairo synagogue

Egypt to restore historic synagogue

Mohammed Magdy

In Berlin, reporting on Egyptian politics

Egypt documenting Jewish artifacts

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An Egyptian worker carries out restoration work at Moses Maimonides Temple, the first Jewish temple to be built in Egypt during the 19th Century, in Cairo August 20, 2009, Dr. Zahi Hawas, the Secretary General of the Higher Antiquities Authority inspected the restoration project of the temple on Thursday, Moses Maimonides, also known as Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, or the acronym the Rambam, was born in Cordoba, Spain on March 30, 1135, and died in Egypt on December 13, 1204 and was a doctor of the al-Sultan Sal

Egypt registers its Jewish artifacts

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