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We note Jewish youth groups in Egypt. Some were associated with the Scouting movement, but we were not sure that all were. We note a Jewish Scout group in 1920. The Baden-Powell lemon-squeezer hats are a sure indicator of a Scouting connection. We notice another Jewish group in the 1950s. They look to be a Scout-like group, but we don't see any badges or emblems so it is diofficult to know just what kind of group it was. They may not have been afiliated with the Scouting association, although we are not sure why. Notice that this was a mixed-gender. This was not very common in Egypt, especially among Arabs. Jewish Egyptians were apprantly more open to both girls participating in youth groups and to mixed gender groups. A factor here is that Jews in Egypt were a mostly urban population. Arab Egyptians were both urban and rural, but virtually all of the Arab Scouts were from urban areas. Here our information is very limited. Arab tolerance for Jews varied over time. Conditions worsened after the First Israeli-Palistinin War in which the Egyptian Army invaded Palestine/Israel (1948-49). Subsequently Egypt seized the prioperty of its Jewish citizns and expelled them.
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