Magda Haroun

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Magda Tania Haroun (born 1952) is the head of the minuscule Jewish Community of Egypt. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] (There are currently three Jewish residents in all of Egypt.) She is the successor of Carmen Weinstein, who had led the community for 20 years until her death in 2013. [7] [8] [9] She is an anti-Zionist, and the daughter of nationalist Egyptian Jewish lawyer and politician Chehata Haroun. [10] [11] [12] [13] She has two daughters and is currently married to a Catholic. [14] [15] Her sister Nadia, deputy leader of the community and one of its youngest remaining members died in 2014. [16] [17]

She is also one of the heads of Drop of Milk, an organization dedicated to preserving Jewish heritage in Egypt. [18]

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