BASSATINE NEWS  the ONLY Jewish newsletter reporting directly from Egypt
A Community Chronicle put out by the Jewish Community Council (JCC) of Cairo since 1995

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Ahram Hebdo story by Dina Darwich - 1 October 2014
Jeune Afrique  Magda Haroun by Toni Gabriel - 10 November 2013
Jeune Afrique  Magda Haroun by Toni Gabriel - 10 November 2013
The Tablet  Rosh Hashana by Jenna Krajeski - 10 September 2013
Al Shark Al-Awsat  Carmen Weinstein by Dalia Assem - 19 April 2013
Foreign Policy  Carmen Weinstein tribute by Mohamed El Dahshan - 19 April 2013
Jerusalem Post  Carmen Weinstein tribute by Livana Zamir - 18 April 2013
Reuters  Carmen Weinstein laid to rest by Asma Alsharif - 18 April 2013
Aham Online  Carmen Weinstein by Sara El-Rashidi - 18 April 2013
Jerusalem Post  Carmen Weinstein by Michelle Mazel - 18 April 2013
The Economist   A Dwindling Flock by Max Rodenbeck - 17 April 2013
Egyptian Gazette   Documentary on Jews restores Faded Memories - 17 April 2013
Newsweek   Carmen Weinstein dies by Hussein Omar- 15 April 2013
New York Times   Carmen Weinstein dies by David D. Kirkpatrick - 15 April 2013
Al Mougaz  Carmen Weinstein by Dalia Assem - 14 April 2013
Associated Press   Carmen Weinstein dies by Aya Batrawy - 13 April 2013
Jerusalem Post   Jews who Did Not Leave Egypt by Fay Cahsman - 28 March 2013
Daily News No strangers in the Land of Egypt - 1 October 2012
Egypt Independent   Remnants of a Jewish past- 28 June 2012
MPN   Remembering The Last Jews of Egypt- 11 April 2012
Ahram Hebdo The Egyptian Bourse - 12 January 2011
ELAPH daily arabic-language online magazine 25 December 2010
Rose al-Youssef Magazine 24 April 2010
Al Masr Al Youm  Jewish Community Affairs by Ossama Khaled - 15 February 2010
Al Masr Al Youm  The curious case of a Cairo synagogue - December 2009
Ahram Hebdo   Des monuments égyptiens à part entière - August 2008
Masrawi   read comments - March 2008 Egypt Today   Second Exodus - January 2008
Ahram Weekly   Remembrance of Things Past - June 2008
Al-Ahram   Ramifications on Synagogue Centennial - November 2007
Jeune Afrique   La Grande Synagogue Fete Son Centenaire - November 2007
Al-Akhbar   The Significance of Restoring Shaar Hashamayim by Ali Al Samman - November 2007
Daily News   Remnants of Cairo's Jewish Quarter - November 2007
Egyptiam Mail   Jewish Community in Egypt - 2 September 2006
Egypt Today   The Guardian - Carmen Weinstein - May 2005
Associated Press   The Haroun sisters - 16 April 2003
Al-Gomhouria   Our Religion is Vicitm Of Sharon's Thuggery - April 2002
Los Angeles Times   A Last Stand By The Jews in Egypt - November 2002
Al-Gomhouria   Horseman Without A Horse - November 2002
Ahram Weekly   Haroun Chehata 1920-2001 - March 2001
Wall Street Journal   Remaining Jews in Egypt Want Relics To Stay Put - March 2000
Ahram Weekly   A Common History - September 1999
Cairo Times   Chaar Hachamaim or Gates of Heaven - September 1999
Cairo Times   Robert Nahman - End of his Era - November 1999
Al-Shabaab   Remaining Jews in Egypt - December 1998
Cairo Times   From Suares to Sawiris - December 1998
Community Times   The Last Jewish Pasha In History - December 1997
Cairo Times   If It Lights Up It's Yom Kippur - October 1997
Cairo Times   We're Staying Put - July 1997
Jerusalem Post   Preserving Remnants Of Egypt's Synagogues - February 1996
Egyptian Mail   The Meyr Biton Synagogue - August 1994
Egyptian Mail  Dynasty: The House of Jacob Cattaui - April 1994


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