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Doctor/independent political commentator on Islamism, MENA issues, and current affairs. Conservative. 🇬🇧 BBC100 women 2013. Made in Cairo.

Sep 3, 2020, 6 tweets

Delighted to see #Jewish businessman Simon Arzt’s department store is renovated.
Another small, but significant step, towards restoring tolerance in #Egypt
@AlsisiOfficial

Of course, this is #Egypt that Tamara and Co. know nothing about!

Another great renovation project is completed in #Egypt.
The iconic #Sednaoui department store in the heart of #Cairo is now open.
Founded by a #Greek Catholic who escaped #Ottoman oppression
It looks so cool ♥️
@ElisaSednaouiF
@AlbertoMiguelF5

#Egypt
You can read more about the iconic Egyptian department store Sednaoui
in this @ahramonline post
from 2015

english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/32…

Finishing this thread by this nostalgic photo of Bata-the Swiss shoe company. It’s branch in #Cairo’s Heliopolis was part of my early childhood

God... I miss tolerant multicultural #Egypt.

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