Snow Covers EGYPT for First Time in 100 Years

BY BECKETT MUFSON

Nobody in Cairo was dreaming of a white Christmas, but it looks like they'll get one. For the first time in a century, a snowstorm hit the Middle East on Friday, blanketing Cairo, Jerusalem and areas of Syria in white powder.

Here's the icy story as seen through Instagram.

• Egypt

  

  IMAGE: @REEMABOUREGEILAH ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @MDULAIJAN ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @BOUTROS_S ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @OFRAIGE ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @MMALAH ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @RAMY_REDA ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @MNAGIB47 ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @RAMY_REDA ON INSTAGRAM

• Israel

  

  IMAGE: @DANAMARCUS ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @EREZROTR ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @WIZONEWYORK ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @AMOSKO ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @SHECHTER ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @SHAHDKH96 ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @JOOD_KADAMANI ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @MATTGONEN ON INSTAGRAM

• Syria

  

  IMAGE: @LATTAKIANY ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @HASSAN_HELO ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @YA_WELCOME_TO_SYRIA ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @BENZAMIASARA ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @SYRIA_WA_BAS ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @MOUAYAD_ALSHK ON INSTAGRAM

• Lebanon

  

  IMAGE: @MOHAMAD_RAHME ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @ALI5YUSEF ON INSTAGRAM

• Iran

  

  IMAGE: @HAMEDBADAMI ON INSTAGRAM

• Palestine

  

  IMAGE: @OBADAHUSSAIN ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @NO0ORALNAIMI ON INSTAGRAM

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  IMAGE: @AMERICOPH ON INSTAGRAM

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