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Mary and Joseph refugees [View all]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_into_Egyptthis page has several photos of where Mary and Joseph are believed to have stayed.
https://www.keepcalmandwander.com/jesus-coptic-cairo-saints-sergius-and-bacchus-church/
The big religious places of history in Egypt are guarded by simultaneously by regular police and soldiers with automatic rifles and machine guns.
Westerners may find this mixture of Christian saints and Egyptian military to be inconceivable. Egyptians and I surmise most Muslims think it’s normal.
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