Portal:Egypt/Did you know
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- ... that Maimonides Synagogue in Cairo is named for the famous Jewish philosopher, rabbi and physician Maimonides (pictured)?
- ... that in 1956-57 the Egyptian government attempted to expel all foreigners and Jews from Egypt?
- ... that the Battle of Ain Jalut, fought in 1260 between the Mongol Empire and Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, was the first time a Mongol advance was permanently beaten back on the battlefield?
- ... that Christian monasticism originated in the deserts of Egypt?