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Egypt’s restoration of its Jewish sites represents an effort to bolster tourism and revive Jewish heritage in the North African country

Palestinians have long viewed the Jerusalem Day flag march as a provocation and clashes sometimes occur between marchers and Arab residents of the Old City.

Professor of Talmud from Bar-Ilan University Jeffrey Woolf says the march, which celebrates the Israeli capture of east Jerusalem following the 1967 war, is a millennia-long tradition utilized to express one’s love for Jerusalem

How custom top, panama, beaver fur felt and fez hats are crafted around the world by expert artisans.

Cairo, Arabic Al-Qāhirah (“The Victorious”), city, capital of Egypt, and one of the largest cities in Africa. Cairo has stood for more than 1,000 years on the same site on the banks of the Nile, primarily on the eastern shore, some 500 miles (800 km) downstream from the Aswan High Dam. Located in the northeast of the country, Cairo is the gateway to the Nile delta, where the lower Nile separates into the Rosetta and Damietta branches. Metropolitan Cairo is made up of the Cairo muḥāfazah (governorate) as well as other districts, some of which belong to neighbouring governorates such