List of Jews From The Arab World - Egypt

Egypt

  • Eli Cohen, celebrated Israeli spy
  • Sir Ronald Cohen, Egyptian-born businessman
  • Aura Herzog
  • Eric Hobsbawm, historian (Jewish-Polish & -German parents living in Cairo)
  • Edmond Jabès, poet
  • Ranan Lurie, political cartoonist
  • Moshe Marzouk, doctor
  • Layla Murad, singer (converted to Islam)
  • Haim Saban, TV producer
  • Saadia ben Yosef, rabbi
  • Sylvain Sylvain (Sylvain Mizrahi), guitarist for New York Dolls
  • Bat Ye'or, historian
  • Avraham Yosef, rabbi
  • Yaakov Yosef, rabbi

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