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1 | Egypt: Synagogue Gone … Synagone | Ejipta: Synagoga potika…Synanjavona |
2 | In 2008, Moftasa stumbled upon an old synagogue that was turned into an office for the National Democratic Party (Egypt's ruling party). | Tamin'ny taona 2008 dia tojo trano fivavahana jiosy iray i Moftasa, synagoga zary lasa foiben-toeran'ny Antoko Demokraty (National Democratic Party) mitondra any Ejipta amin'izao fotoana. |
3 | It is amazing how the very same Egyptians who were infuriated over Switzerland's decision to ban building minarets are the same people who demolished the Magen Abraham synagogue in Egypt. | Ny tena mahavariana dia hoe ireto Ejiptiana namotika ny synagoga Magen Abraham ireto ihany no Ejiptiana tezitra tamin'ny fanapahan-kevitry Suisse tsy namela azy ireo hanangana minaret amina mosquée tany an-toerana. |
4 | Moftasa's story started as follows [pictures within the post]: | Toy izao no fiandohan'ny fitantaran'i Moftasa [misy sary ao]: |
5 | In April 2008, in Hadayeq el Qobba I stumbled upon this synagogue which was turned into a public affairs office, NDP office, a nursery and a small mosque. | Ny volana aprily 2008 tany Hadayeq el Qobba no tojo ity synagoga ity aho izay nanjary biraom-panjakana,foiben-toeran'ny antoko NDP, toeram-pitsaboana ary mosquée kely. |
6 | Taking photos is strictly prohibited. | Voarara tanteraka ny naka sary. |
7 | But I managed to snap some shots while claiming that I am studying architecture and interested in the building style. | Kanefa afaka naka sary ihany aho satria nilaza hoe mpianatra momba ny taon-trano ary liana amin'ny endrik'ilay trano. |
8 | He goes on to describe the state of the synagogue saying: | Notohizany ny famaritany ny toetry ny synagoga: |
9 | the wooden floors are in a horrible shape, cables coming and going everywhere, horrible neon lights, overstuffed filing cabinets piled over each other rusting, broken window panes replaced with cardboard and the whole sanctity of the place, that was once there and can be vaguely felt radiating from the large dome and the star of David windows, is replaced with a grim dark grey Mogama3 feel. | Ratsy be ny gorodona, miparitaka eny rehetra eny ny tariby mitondra herinaratra, ratsy dia ratsy ny fahazavan'ny jiro, miraikitra amin'ny harafesenina ny tariby madinika, varavarankely vita amin'ny carreaux nosoloina baoritra ary ny toerana masina rehetra, izay notarafin'ny varavarankely ka manjelatra noho ny taratry ny kintan'i Davida dia nosoloina Mogama3 matroka. Sarah Carr mampiseho ny sarin'ny synagoga ary nankafizin'i Max Strasser ny fomba nampisehoany ny synagoga ho lasa synanjavona! |
10 | | “Synanjavona” tena hevitra mahafinaritra indrindra. voambolana tsara indrindra amin'ny volana. |
11 | Sarah Carr posted Traveller Within‘s photos of the synagogue and Max Strasser loved how she played on the gone synagogue and came up with synagone! | Endritsoratra sa sarinteny amim-patsany tsara ilay hoe “synanjavona”? Sarin'ny Synanjavona ao Le Caire avy amin'i @TravellerW Lasa tranom-panjakana ny Synagogan'i Le Caire |
12 | Lina Attalah and Mohamed El Dahshan [ photos here] of Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper followed up on Moftasa's earlier post about the Magen Abraham synagogue and as he wrote in his second post | Lina Attalah syMohamed El Dahshan [ ato ny sary]avy ao amin'ny gazety Al-Masry Al-Youm no manohy ny zavatra nosoratan'i Moftasa mikasika ny synagoga Magen Abraham ary nanoratra toy izao |
13 | “This temple was built by the Adda family,” says Carmen Weinstein, president of the Egyptian Jewish Community Council (JCC). | “Naorin'ny fianakaviana Adda io fiangonana io”, hoy Carmen Weinstein, filohan'ny Fikambanan'ny Jiosy any Ejipta (JCC). |
14 | “The Adda's were a Jewish Egyptian family of industrialists and bankers, who contributed to the growth of the Egyptian economy in the 1940s. | “Fianakaviana Jiosy Ejiptiana, mpandraharaha sy mpiasan'ny banky ny fianakaviana Adda, fianakaviana nandray anjara betsaka tamin'ny fampiakarana ny toekarena ejiptiana tamin'ny taona 1940. |
15 | I wish the state would preserve this temple, which is unique in this part of the city.” | Iriko raha hajain'ny fanjakana io fiangonana io, izay tokana ao amin'ny faritra misy azy”. |
16 | For Jewish communities in Egypt before 1952 it was customary to erect neighborhood synagogues. | Ho an'ny Jiosy tonga tany Ejipta talohan'ny taona 1952 dia fomban'izy ireo ny manorina synagoga manodidina izay misy azy ireo. |
17 | “In each neighborhood, the local Jewish collectivity built a synagogue,” says Weinstein, who also points out that while 29 synagogues once existed in Cairo, only 13 remain. | Eo amin'ny manodidina azy dia manangana synagoga ny fianakaviana Jisoy” hoy Weinstein, izay milaza koa fa 13 amin'ireo synagoga 29 sisa no mijoro ao Le Caire. |
18 | When contacted for more information about the building, Cairo Governorate officials expressed surprise with respect to the building's unusual status | Raha nanontaniana vaovao fanampiny mikasika ny trano ny Cairo Governorate dia nilaza ny tsy fahafahan'ity sampan-draharaha ity miasa. |
19 | According to one governorate employee who wanted to remain anonymous, the building is recognized in the district's files, but has no licenses or ownership documents. | Araka ny voalazan'ny mpiasa iray tsy nitonona anarana ao amin'ity sampan-draharaha ity ihany dia fantatra ao ami'nny distrika ny fisian'ity trano ity kanefa tsy nisy ny fahazoan-dalana na taratasy milaza izay tompony. |
20 | “This means that no measures of demolition, or restoration, have been taken with respect to the building. | “Midika izany fa tsy nisy azo natao taminy, tsy noravana ary tsy nanmboarina ity trano ity. |
21 | Nevertheless, the Hadayeq el-Qubba district headquarters believe the construction to be stable and safe,” he says. | Na izany aza dia mino ny foiben'ny distrika any Hadayeq el Qubba fa tsara sy azo antoka ny fotony”, hoy izy. |
22 | “Since there has been no ownership documents for the synagogue, the government has put its hand on it.” | “Raha vao hoe tsy misy taratasy hahalalana izay tompony ny synagoga dia lasa fananan'ny fanjakana.” |