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By Aya Nader, BECAUSE In 2012, the civil group Save Alex took a stand in the streets of Alexandria, calling to save the Cicurel Villa in the ancient city's Rushdy district. The group's work resulted in a law that should have protected the building. But last week, the villa built by a Jewish-Turkish merchant in the 1930s was knocked down anyway. Since its foundation in 331 BC, each era has left its beautiful print on Alexandria's architecture. The city's streets…
