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Several of my articles on Garden City were plagiarized word for word by novelist MEKKAWI SAID (winner of the Egyptian State price for literature!!!!) and re-published under his own name in a three-part series in El-Masry El-Youm daily in September 2015.

Cheers to our "talented" literature prize awardee. Your pain his gain !!!

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FROM THE ALBUM OF MOHARRAM FAHMY

young ladies’ names withheld for propriety purposes

maadi youth 1950s
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L-R: Nabil Arafa, Omar A. Sharara, Moharram Fahmy, Tarek Aziz Zaki
forefront: Ali Azmi "Kobia"

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?, ?, Nabil Shawarby, Ali Azmi, Ibrahim "Bimbo" Shousha, Mustafa Galal

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3
L-R: Gerard Simhon, ?, Sami S. Makram, Karim Rashad
Seated: Mamdouh "Tahabosh" Orabi, Youssef Sharara
forefront: Moharram Fahmy

Karim Rashad, Gerard Simhon and Wa’el Salaheldine were active promoters of the Maadi Sporting Club's famous "Monday Night" program.

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L-R: Gerard Simhon, Mahmoud "Doudou" Abdelaziz, Saiid Rifaat,
forefront: Youssef Sharara

maadi youth 1950s
5
L-R: Adel Cadillac, Nabil Shawarby, Hossam Murabet, Rashad "Ricky" Kamal, Mohy Khattab, Nabil Raafat, Mohammed "Toto" Azzab
forefront: Moharram Fahmy, Saiid Rifaat

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6
Bassel Hassan El Aroussy, Moharram Fahmy
background: MSC gate-controller Ramadan M. Mishrif

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L-R: ?, Nabil Shawarby, Labib Salem, Nabil Arafa, Farouk Nazmi
forefront: Moharram Fahmy, Azouz

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L-R: Azouz, Nabil Arafa, ?, Kamal Mubarak
forefront: Nabulsi, Farouk Nazmi, Moharram Fahmy,

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L-R: Moharram Fahmy, Sami El Sayed, Azouz
forefront: Ayman Fransawi

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Rashad Kamal, Moharram Fahmy

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Moharram Fahmy, Awwad (dark glasses MSC employee)
forefront: Adel Cadillac

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12
Moharram Fahmy, Nabil Shawarby
forefront: American performer/singer (Auberge des Pyramides)

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13
Abdelwahab Abdallah, Moharram Fahmy, Adel Cadillac

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14
Adel Cadillac, Rashad Kamal, Moharram Fahmy

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Rashad Kamal, Moharram Fahmy, Mohammed "Toto Azzab"

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Fayoum
last row: Khedr Gabr, Saad El Agizi, Nicole, Moharram Fahmy, ?, Assem El Daly, ?, Maged Gabr
middle row: Aida El Agizi (Mrs Khedr Gabr), A El Shiaty, Laila "Lalo" Sanjak (Mrs. Saad El Agizi), Khadiga El Shiaty (Mrs. Sayed Azmy), Sayed Azmy, Saiid Rifaat, ?, ?, ?
front row: Farouk Nazmi, Nabil El Nabulsi, Mohy Khattab, Mohammed Rifaat, Youssef Sharara

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L-R: back row: Mohammed Afifi, Nabil El Shawarby, Hazem Turk, Mohamed Rifaat, Youssef Sharara
seated L-R: Azouz, Saiid Rifaat, Farouk Nazmi, Moharram Fahmy, Azouz II

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articles posted on egy.com were published in the following books by Samir W Raafat: THE EGYPTIAN BOURSE, Zeitouna, Cairo -- CAIRO THE GLORY YEARS, Harpocrates, Alexandria -- HISTORY & SOCIETY IN A CAIRO SUBURB; MAADI 1904-1962, Palm Press, Cairo -- PRIVILEGED FOR THREE CENTURIES, printed digitally and bound by Elias Printing, Egypt

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