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IntersectionLieuXIXe–XXe siècle

Region: Égypte (Canal de Suez)

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Port Said, a city founded in 1859 during the construction of the Suez Canal, rapidly developed a cosmopolitan Jewish community composed of Jews from Egypt, the Levant, and Europe. This community, active in maritime trade and port services, is documented from the 1860s onward.

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The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Port-Saïd give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

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Sources & resources

  • Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic WorldBrill
  • Encyclopaedia Judaica2e éd., Keter/Macmillan

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