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| The entrance to Coptic Cairo, in the southern part of modern Cairo (al-Qahira). The area was a Christian stronghold in Egypt until the Islamic era: in the early years of rule under the Fatamid caliphate, the Copts were allowed to build churches within the old fortress area of Old Cairo. |
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