2*Shepheard’s Hotel: a grand hotel established by an English national Samuel Shepheard in 1841. It was known for its opulence and also served as a military base. The hotel was destroyed during the 1952 Cairo fire in the wake of the Egyptian Revolution of the same year.*the “Red Cross and Crescent”: the Egyptian Red Crescent Society was founded in 1911. The authors seem to have associated with the British Red Cross and operated in Cairo. However, the exact duration of their mission and, conse-quently, the timeframe of this voyage remain unknown.*the train from Cairo: the railroad from Cairo to Helwan was inaugurated in 1875. The southward train network was rapidly expanding in the 1890s and reached Aswan in 1898.Exterior of Shepheard’s Hotel(approximately 1920 to 1933)
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