Al-Arabi

and Āfāq Arabia

reported that a great many Jews came to the village of Demtawa to celebrate the mulid of Abū

Hasera. al-

Ahrar wrote that this year only three Jews attended the celebration. Rose al-Youssef mentioned that the

celebration was canceled by an Egyptian decree. It pointed out how Jews celebrate the mulid and said that

the tomb

of Abū Hasera was not in the village of Demtawa but close by in Ezbet Saad.