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Zefta, the Glossary

Zefta (زفتى, Coptic: ⲍⲉⲃⲉⲑⲉ Zevethe) is an Egyptian city in the Nile delta, within the Gharbia governorate.^[1]

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Populated places in Gharbia Governorate

Bedesten

A bedesten (variants: bezistan, bezisten, bedestan) is a type of covered market or market hall which was historically found in the cities of the Ottoman Empire.

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Cairo

Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people. Zefta and Cairo are cities in Egypt.

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Caravanserai

A caravanserai (or caravansary) was a roadside inn where travelers (caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey.

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Coffee bean

A coffee bean is a seed from the Coffea plant and the source for coffee.

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Coffeehouse

A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino.

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Coptic (Bohairic Coptic) is a group of closely related Egyptian dialects, representing the most recent developments of the Egyptian language, and historically spoken by the Copts, starting from the third century AD in Roman Egypt.

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Dakahlia Governorate

Dakahlia Governorate (محافظة الدقهلية) is an Egyptian governorate lying northeast of Cairo.

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Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Entrepôt

An entrepôt or transshipment port is a port, city, or trading post where merchandise may be imported, stored, or traded, usually to be exported again.

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Flax

Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, Linum usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae.

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Gharbia Governorate

Gharbia Governorate (محافظة الغربية,, "the western governorate") is one of the governorates of Egypt.

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Indigo

Indigo is a term used for a number of hues in the region of blue.

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Kimon Evan Marengo

Kimon Evan Marengo (February 4, 1904 – November 4, 1988), better known for his pen name Kem, was a British cartoonist who was born in Zifta, Egypt.

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Madrasa

Madrasa (also,; Arabic: مدرسة, pl. مدارس), sometimes transliterated as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary education or higher learning.

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Mark Ibn Kunbar

Mark ad-Darir ibn Mauhub, or Mark Ibn Kunbar (translit), died 1208, also known as Mark the Blind, was a 12th-century Coptic priest and preacher.

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Mit Ghamr

Mit Ghamr (ميت غمر) is a town in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt.

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Mostafa El-Sayed

Mostafa A. El-Sayed (Arabic: مصطفى السيد) is an Egyptian-American physical chemist, nanoscience researcher, member of the National Academy of Sciences and US National Medal of Science laureate.

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Mostafa Kamal Tolba

Mostafa Kamal Tolba (8 December 1922 – 28 March 2016) was an Egyptian scientist who served for seventeen years as the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Nile Delta

The Nile Delta (دلتا النيل, or simply الدلتا) is the delta formed in Lower Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Physician

A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.

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Quran

The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (Allah).

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Saad Zaghloul

Saad Zaghloul Pasha (سعد زغلول /; also Sa'd Zaghloul Pasha ibn Ibrahim) (July 1857 – 23 August 1927) was an Egyptian revolutionary and statesman.

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Sameera Moussa

Sameera Moussa or Samira Musa Aly (March 3, 1917 – August 15, 1952) was an Egyptian atomic scientist and physicist, she is the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist.

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Sesame

Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is a plant in the genus Sesamum, also called simsim, benne or gingelly.

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Silk

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles.

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Subdivisions of Egypt

Egypt is divided, for the purpose of public administration, according to a three-layer hierarchy and some districts are further subdivided, creating an occasional fourth layer.

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Suez

Suez (as-Suways) is a seaport city (population of about 700,000) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, and is the capital of the Suez Governorate. Zefta and Suez are cities in Egypt.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zefta

Also known as Zifta, زفتى.