The Executive Council of the government has barred for one month one of the most virulent anti-Jewish publications here. The Arab Federation, Edited by Emile Ghory, it is a bi-weekly printed in English and Arabic. Ghory also edited the Esh Shabab (Youth) weekly, which was closed down recently for three months for publishing inciting articles.
Sa’id ben Hasan was a Jewish convert to Islam who lived in Alexandria in the thirteenth century.
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