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Cairo, Shaar Hashamaim Synagogue: Matt visited this synagogue for Shabbat. Though guidebooks claim this is the only operating synagogue in town, there were no services on this weekend because there were no people. The caretaker showed me around personally, and said that there were once many congregants, all of whom were very wealthy. After the establishment of Israel, most left. Now there are very few, and they are very poor. Photos were not allowed of the interior or exterior of the building. There were about a dozen police officers guarding it with large guns, so I decided not to push my luck too much. I snuck a photo from this ally.