From the web: “Cairo yearns for liberal heyday of its park of romance”

Cairo (AFP) – It was a symbol of a more liberal Egypt where young Muslims and Christians mingled under its leafy canopies, bands played and a young Omar Sharif wooed the glamorous Faten Hamama in the classic film romance “The River of Love”.

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Paul Sedra

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