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Ahmed Gomaa

Oct 3, 2022

Aerial view of the historic old Cairo district, showing the Mosque of Amr ibn al-Aas and the complex of religious built atop the fortress that includes the Church of St George, the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Mary and Ben Ezra Jewish Synagogue, May 14, 2021. — Aerial view of the historic old Cairo district, showing the Mosque of Amr ibn al-Aas and the complex of religious built atop the fortress that includes the Church of St George, the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Mary and Ben Ezra Jewish Synagogue, May 14, 2021. — Amir Makar/AFP via Getty Images

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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.

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