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A familiar friend to all Egyptians is the blue-tinted sky: on a breezy summer day, jolly paper kites fine-dot the Egyptian sky. Held by a slender string, children sail their kites and watch as they float, dive, and swim in the air. Kite-flying is not new to Egyptian skies, kites have graced neighborhoods all over Egypt, from Nile bridges to highways and busy streets: young boys and girls can be found on high-rise rooftops flying their kites. The activity became…