The changing face of Cairo tops coverage of Egypt in the international press

The tension between preservation and destruction of Cairo’s history is the theme in the foreign press this morning as Haaretz reports on the completion of the Ben Ezra Synagogue restoration and the National becomes the latest to cover the ongoing demolition of parts of the City of Dead to make way for new freeways.

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