Iraqi refugees recreate miniature home country in Egypt

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	Iraqi refugees recreate miniature home country in Egypt

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4-18-2007 1:15 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/00289712-7935-41f6-a010-e28686e14b58/05DD67A0-896C-4343-B600-4B50BDFE7E08/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Egypt/10119083.html" href="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Egypt/10119083.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.gulfnews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Egypt/10119083.html"><P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000000">At first sight you think you are in Baghdad. </FONT></p> <P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000000">Signs outside stores in this Egyptian town near Cairo carry names of Iraqi cities such as Mosul and Babel. Iraqi faces and dialect are common too. Since the US-led invasion in 2003, thousands of Iraqis have flocked to Egypt where their number is estimated at about 120,000</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Egypt/10119083.html"><P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000000">Iraqi coffee shops, grocery stores and restaurants have sprung up in this Egyptian town, which has apparently attracted Shiites from Iraq.</FONT></p> <P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000000">Egyptian authorities have recently denied local press reports that the Iraqi Shiites have applied for permission to build Shiite mosques in October 6 City. Egypt is predominantly Sunni.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Egypt/10119083.html"><P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000000">Last week, the Egyptian authorities tightened restrictions on granting entry visas to the Iraqis.</FONT></p> <P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000000">Instead of obtaining visas at points of arrival, the Iraqis must apply in advance at Egyptian consulates abroad.</FONT></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/05DD67A0-896C-4343-B600-4B50BDFE7E08/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>