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Thank you for this, Sam. Glad to hear you are going home, see you in the New Year. ❤️

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❤️🤗

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I love the honesty in this. And I learned so much. Happy holidays.

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Happy holidays to you too, Stephanie! ❤️

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Fascinating and disturbing at the same time. Thank you for transporting me out of my comfort zone with such sensitivity. Have a wonderful holiday!

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❤️ I hope you have a wonderful holiday too, Vicky! Thank you so much for being a loyal reader. I will see you in the New Year 🤗

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Those closing 'graphs here are killer, Sam. The way you put yourself under the microscope only adds to that. And beautiful, journalistic narration here, too!

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Thank you, Lyle!! I hope you had a great holiday season and a happy New Year. 😊

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Garbage City totally fascinating! Thank you!

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Thanks for reading, Anne😊happy New Year!!

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One of my best friends is a Copt who moved to the States when he was 10.. I’ll have to ask him about this village and church!

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Small world, AJ! I’d love to hear what, if anything, your friend knows about it if you get a chance to ask. There is so much fascinating Coptic history in Cairo. When most people think of Egyptian history, they think of the pharaonic and Islamic periods--but for hundreds of years in between, the majority of Egyptians were Christian, and I find that part tends to get glossed over.

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