Patriarchs and Matriarchs Online of Souk El-Gharb and Bmakine |
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Athena
Khalaf Majdalany, my great aunt. Very Victorianily beautiful indeed |
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praise of her beauty and according to my friend, Chucri Hajjar as told by
his father, Uncle Fouad Hajjar, Archbishop Msarra made a witty remark about
Athena while she passed in front of the Orthodox Monastery while stood on
its balcony: (Paraphrased. See text in Arabic) "If this is what Athens
is like (beautiful); how much more beautiful would Saint Petersburg be?!" |
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