It seems that young people in Egypt celebrate Valentine's day

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Feb 14, 2015 at 09:49

Dr. Pipes

It seems that Valentine's day is a big deal in Cairo with fancy restaurants all sold out as well as night clubs

http://www.madamasr.com/news/culture/have-alternative-valentines-day-cairo

Love is so universal

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	Title	Commenter	Date	Thread
	It seems that young people in Egypt celebrate Valentine's day [29 words]	dhimmi no more	Feb 14, 2015 09:49	221062
	Iranian holidays [74 words]	Aria	Feb 22, 2011 20:01	182892
	There is no fun in Islam [26 words]	Jeff	Jan 26, 2011 13:14	182056
1	Think "out of box" [98 words]	Debanjan Banerjee	Jan 28, 2011 20:21	182056
	VD valentine [54 words]	btilly	Feb 5, 2011 19:13	182056
1	To Mr. Banerjee [332 words]	Jeff	Feb 7, 2011 13:39	182056
1	Is this quote for real? [24 words]	howard	Feb 14, 2011 16:57	182056
	Khomeini quote [50 words]	Jeff	Feb 15, 2011 13:04	182056
3	How sad, the entire islamic world is taught that love is evil ! ..2010 Feb. [58 words]	Phil Greend	Feb 14, 2010 02:10	168877
1	In Truth, Valentine's Day Is Based On A Feast Day Of The Saint By That Name [24 words]	AnneM	Feb 13, 2010 06:53	168854
	Yet another excuse for islamics to compensate their genetic-hates. [219 words]	gordon weare	Feb 14, 2009 15:52	150457
	Valentine's Day [42 words]	Elijah	Feb 5, 2009 13:18	149886
	Valentine's Day [30 words]	Paul	Feb 4, 2009 18:37	149826
	At last a common ground between Hindus and Muslims! [74 words]	B.N.Gururaj	Feb 4, 2009 09:54	149796
1	valentine day [51 words]	btilly	Feb 5, 2011 19:21	149796
	Valentine's day as pure imitation and commercialization [243 words]	Prashant	Feb 17, 2019 09:22	149796
	Poor man. [85 words]	Lynn	Feb 4, 2009 09:35	149795
	Choudary [286 words]	Gabby (Australia)	Feb 4, 2009 07:57	149789
2	I'll be your Valentine [63 words]	Dr Albert Schadenfreude	Jun 26, 2009 19:57	149789
	Reply to Gabby [352 words]	Gabby reply	Feb 7, 2011 16:08	149789
2	valentine [38 words]	Amina	Feb 28, 2011 06:22	149789