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Hidden Histories: 3 Famous Coptic Christian Neighborhoods in Cairo
Photo Credit: Egypt Independent Etched into Egypt’s history is its Coptic Christian community. In its pure form, the word ‘Copt’ or ‘Coptic’ is linguistically translated to Egypt or Egyptians.’ Though Christians coexist all around Egypt, some districts stand out as heartening models of Coptic identity to the world. “One does find large concentrations of Christians in certain Cairene districts, like Shubra, Faggala, and [El-]Daher – which date back to the end of the nineteenth century,”explains Sana Hassan in the book ‘Christians versus Muslims in Modern Egypt’ in 2003. Shubra Photo Credit: TiogaTalk via Blogspot The word ‘Shubra’ translates to ‘village’ in the Coptic language. In essence, Sh

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