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El
Fayoum |
The
Province of El Fayoum is the largest
and westernmost of the several oases
scatterred across the western desert.
It feeds on an off shoot
of the Nile and is a
center of a cultivated area.
El Faiyum, being an isolated land provided
protection to the early centers of
christianity. After the Arab
conquest, a large number of the population
of El Faiyum accepted Islam and some
Muslim bedouins came to settle in the area.
However, it remained a great center of
christianity for a long time. |
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