Let's visit Cairo of the 1920s, a place where Egyptian Jews defended Egyptian independence and identity, like Ya'qub Sanu', built strong Sephardic community centers like René Qattawi, and some even supported both Zionism and Egyptian Nationalism like Mourad Farag. Jews were an inseparable part of the Cairene social scene and this tour will take you through the places and ideas that convulsed through this incredibly dynamic world.

Your presentor for this talk is Richard Sassoon, an Iraqi-American of Jewish heritage who graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Fordham University Law School with a J.D. with an LL.M. in European Business Law from Madrid’s Universidad Pontificia Comillas. He currently works at UnitedLex as a Contract Manager, but has previously held roles at Samsung Engineering, J.P. Morgan, and several law firms. Richard is an American Sephardi Federation Broome & Allen Fellow. Richard has a long-standing interest in diverse cultures and regions, having visited over fifty different countries, meeting various high-level diplomats with Jewish organizations, working on three continents, and handling legal documents in five languages.