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“I've told you before, Egyptians are not found in Cairo or in Alexandria' she said. 'You've never really known Egyptians. I hate Egyptians of your class as much as I do my parents.' ' What am I, then, if I am not Egyptian?' 'You are what you are; and that is a human being born in Egypt, who went to an English public school, who has read a lot of books, and who has an imagination. But to say that you are this or that or Egyptian, is nonsense.' 'What are you, Edna?' 'I can't be generalized about either, except that I was born Jewish. But the difference between you and me is that I know Egyptians and love them.”

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