According to local media outlets, the Ministry of Antiquities is preparing to officially register three Jewish cemeteries in the ministry’s records. The news, which is to be carried out by a central committee, was announced by Mohamed Mahran, chairman of the Central Department of Jewish Antiquities at the Ministry of Antiquities. Mahran stated that rare and unique cemeteries belonging to Jewish figures and rabbies woud be registered, namely three in Alexandria’s Shatebi and Azarita areas. Moreover, the central committee has been preparing a report of unique monuments pertaining to the Jewish heritage, cinluding the cemeteries. For years, the preservtion state of Egypt’s Jewish cemeteries has been lamented on social media. Pictures and videos of Jewish cemeteries filled with garbage or being disturbed due to the construction of roads sparked outrage and incited authorities to take more action in preserving the culturally significant sites. As such, out of the thousands of Jewish cemeteries existing in the country, approximately 60 were also chosen for registration and will be protected under the Antiquities Protection Law No. 117 of 1983. Amongst the recorded sites would also be temples and villas belonging to famous Jewish…
