A Hebrew manuscript over 1,000 years old from the Hebrew Bible was recently rediscovered. A story on the Jewish community of Egypt and the importance of the Hebrew manuscript. Photographed for The New York Times in February 2020.
Prior to the start of the clean up of the Jewish cemetery, people encroached on the land and took over pockets to build. This building was built as a tire repair workshop. The encroachments have been removed and a wall was built over a year ago to protect the cemetery. February 20, 2020. Sima Diab for The New York Times
Pages from inside the newly rediscovered Hebrew Bible. The Bible is over 1,000 years old and is the third oldest Hebrew manuscript in existence. It was discovered inside a synagogue in Cairo, Egypt. February 13, 2020 Sima DIab for The New York Times
The inside wall of the Moussa Dari Karaite Synagogue in Abassiya, Cairo, Egypt. February 16, 2020 Sima Diab for The New York Times
A Jewish tour group inside the Moussa Dari Karaite Synagogue in Abassiya, Cairo February 16, 2020. Jewish tourists, many of whom are Egyptian Jews whose family members left Egypt in the early to mid 20th Century, are given an opportunity to tour the synagogues and sites in Alexandria and Egypt their family members were once a part of. Sima Diab for The New York Times
Magda Haroun, the Jewish community leader of Cairo, poses for a portrait outside the Moussa Dari Karaite Synagogue in Abassiya, Cairo, Egypt. Ms Haroun is one of the last remaining Jews of Egypt. Sima Diab for The New York Times
A group of Jewish tourists listen to Professor Yoram Meital give a history of the Hannan Synagogue in the Zaher neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, February 16, 2020. Sima Diab for The New York Times
Doris Abadi Wolanski, 71, stands at the gate of her childhood school, Saint Clare's College in Heliopolis, February 17, 2020. Mrs Wolanski left Egypt when she was eight years old in 1956. Sima Diab for The New York Times
Doris Abadi Wolanski, 71, stands inside the courtyard of Saint Clare's College in Heliopolis, a school she attended as a young girl, February 17, 2020. Sima Diab for The New York Times
Simon Wolanski, 45, and Doris Abadi Wolanski, 71, stand at the entrance to the Mrs Wolanski's childhood synagogue, the Vitali Madjar Synagogue, in the Heliopolis neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, February 17, 2020. Mrs Wolanski returned to Cairo in search of her childhood memories and left when she was eight years old. Sima Diab for The New York Times
The Jewish cemetery in Basateen, Cairo, Egypt, February 20, 2020, Sima Diab for The New York Times