Please note that many of these girls will have overlapped the school's transition from the English Girls' College to the El Nasr EGC school in 1956. I have marked a few girls so you can orientate yourself. In 1956, the youngest would have been about 11 years old.
6 Rows: Left to Right
Row 1: Seated on ground: Mary Khoury, Andrée Solal, Renée Cohen, Mona Barakat, Homshah Khadmy, Mona Sedky, Mona Rashad, Geehan Hassan, Nagwa Tartoussieh, Gwen Thurlow, Doris Maltas, Anne-Marie Barraquin.
Row 2: Aline Tawil, Hala Sheikh el Ard, Nadia Kamel, Enid Shama, Michaela Coltofeanu, Nefertiti Sourial, Annette Booden, Miriam Heilbronner, Hoda Awad, Margaret Brown, Samia Hamdy, Salwa Sidhom, Salwa Islam.
Row 3: Safia Wakeel, Sana Hamdi, Maha Ashour, Maureen Young, Anne-Marie Tawa, Mona Andraos, Mona Khadmy, Aliki Saraffy, Hana Halbouni , Marina Benaki, Myrto Partheniades, Pat Weldon, Marianne Charky , Rasha Hassan
Row 4: Kadreya Alghanem, Miss West, Doris Escher, Mrs Makram, Lilian Lowe, Miss H Hurry, Mrs K Pilavides, Badreya Alghanem.
Row 5: 12 girls M Simbol, Pat Cooil, Haneya Hegab {hidden above Miss West}, Safinaz Farghaly, Nabila Hosni, Norma Yussef/Joseph, Vivian Charky, Danus Barkos? {hidden}, Sonia Abecassis {hidden}, Claude Magraby, ???? , Sheila Weinstein.
Top row standing
Row 6: Karen Spendjian, Salma Kabali?, Salwa Alghanem, Fedwa Alghanem, Lulwa Alghanem, ???? , Daphne Canellatos, Samia Mostafa, Samia el Sanbaty .
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With this great picture and all the names we can account for a high proportion of the English Girls' College in the the latter years of its life up to 1956, when the school sadly ceased to exist as such.
I have put in a few names as notes on the picture to help you to orientate.
EGC Junior School 1950 Lt>Rt
Top row: Judy Luard; Simone Ascar; Claudie Dambach; Nicole Salama; Bernadette Oppenheim; Joyce Ini; S Shukry; Barbara Fattah; S.Ismail; Diane Solal; Farida el Gazzar; N. Attia; Z. Ragab; Nahed Hammad; Nahed Rizk; A.Attia; Marilene Tawil
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Third Row: Claude Mussawir, Jenny Levy; Mary Biazzos; S Raggab; Barbara Smaga ;A Orfi; Magda Ashour; June Bavin; Noor Bakhashab; Lilia Thomoglou; Z Shalaan; Evine el Khadem; F.Barakat; Ida Bilboul; Anne Fellowes; Dala Asfour
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Sitting on Chairs:
E Wilkinson; T Gamgoum; A Tamvacaki; Evelyne Dana; Polly Mouzouris; Marilyn Naggar; Maureen Whitworth; Moneera Alatas; N Regab; Miss Monger; Miss Harris; Miss Green; M.Hassan; Alex Saraffy; Mary Sourial; Joan Gibson; Frieda Schmidt; A? ; C Cockinos; Maggie Mehrez; Inass Said
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Sitting on the step: Claude Zagikian; Mona Abdel Hadi; Colette Barcilon; C. Chahine; Hatoun Sheikh el Ard; Amal Sedky; W.Maggar; E.Attia; Despina Michaelides; Jennifer Portlock; Sally Purr; Manuela Suares; I. Hassan; Cherifa Chakr; Mona Ayoub; Jill Kamel; M.Simbol; Argine Klonaris; N. Rodosney [Rodosley?]; Nadia el Saifi; O A Rassoul
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A better photograph will come soon
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In alphabetical order per class
Upper Two Rosetta: Sonia Adomian, Vivian Agami; Hala Sheikh el Ard; E Attia; G Atif; Mona Ayoub; Colette Barcilon; C Chahine; Mona Abdel Hadi; I Hassan, S Islam; Jill Kamel; Argine Klonaris; W. Magar; Deppy Michaelides; L Nawar; Faseny Pender; Jennifer Portlock; Judy Robinson; C Saler; Frieda Schmidt, Magda Simbol; Nadia Spendjian; Manuela Suares; Aliki Syllaides, Claude Zaghikian.
Lower Two Sakkara: Sonia Abecassis; A-M Baraquin; Marina Benachi; M Caramallis; Vivian Charky; Pat Cooil; Vera Debbas; Danny Drikos; S Hamdy; N Hosni; C Maghrabi; Doris Maltas; Elly Petrides; Ray Shama; M. Simbol; Andrée Solal; A .Soleiman; Sylva Tamvacakis; Aline Tawil; S el Wakil; Sheila Weinstein; Norma Yussef/Joseph; Anne de Zogheb; M.de Zogheb.
II Thebes: A Barham; S.Alghanem; Daphne Canellatos; Michaela Coltofeanu; Joyce Dahan; M el Wakeel; Ann Gregory; H Halbouni; Rebecca Hemsy; Mona Khadry; Mary Khoury; Joanna Mylonas/Milonas; Tatiana Pappassitiriou; Amal Sedky [absent]; ; S el Sombarty; S El Ghanim; Myrto Partheniades; Aliki Saraffy; Enid Shama; Hatoun Sheikh el Ard; Myrto Sistovaris; Nefertiti Sourial; A Zahran; Jean Zannos; Irene Zerbini;
Jnr Remove Edfu: Mariam Aboul Ela, Khawla Alghanem Lulwa Alghanem; Batool Alreza; Samira Alireza; Therese Boutros; Guda Chaker; Safinaz Farghaly; Sareya Islam; Aisha Zahid
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Transition Matruh: "Amal Gameh" "Nabila Khalifa" "Seddy Eid" "Vera Cordahi" "Maissa Shaker" "Ghadeh Faizan" "Barbara Langdon" "Mona Souccar" "Malak el Said" "Sausan Islam" "Amira el Defrawi" "Nina Carasso" "Dagmar Roeben" Appear to be in top row.
Transition Siwa: "Mouna Banawi" "Irene Allan" "Jennie Bonette" "Anne Ambler" "Ioli Caloghiros" "Marica Casulli" "Judith Jerrom" "Marcellina Mian" "Shadia Naghy" "Amina el Sadr" "Katya Souccar" "Elizabeth Spiteri" "Marina Straftis" "Hoda Wahba" "Evelyn Zaimis" - probably second row from top.
Upper Kindergarten: VIcky Syllaides; Linda Christiania" "Sanaa Tawil" "Nejla Hariri" "Samiha Defrawi" "Nadia Abbassy" "Mary Anne Zagdoun" "Etty Nadjar" "Kariman Wakeel" "Mary Stamboulieh" "Nelly Romano" "Alda Barda" "Hebba Salib" "Helen Yacomopoulo" "Tania Djanikian" "Maria Papasinossian" probably in the middle rows..
Lower Kindergarten: "Salwa Madwar" "Magda Alaily" "Denise Nacamuli" "Shadia Bassionni" "Madiha el Said" "Susan Fattah" "Doreen Souccar" "Sondos el Beih" "Lucy Rodsi" "Sama el Erian" "Laila Wakeel" "Mary Balassis" "Marianne Mavroviti" "Sana el Sharnobi" "Sheherazad Tarouti" "Nicole Gebeily" "Jennifer Whittington" "Soheir Tawil"
Probably in second and third rows.
Reception [youngest]: "Maria Klonaris" "Marilia Petropoulos" "Yeldy Mamdou" "Melita Caloghiros" "Mona Mikhail" "Aida Hassan" "Magda Defrawi" "Magda Darwish" "Galia el Naggar" "Claudine Zacchai" "Christine Kalsoussi" - they are probably all in the front row.
Tags: Salwa Madwar Magda Alaily Denise Nacamuli Shadia Bassionni Madiha el Said Susan Fattah Doreen Souccar Sondos el Beih Lucy Rodsi Sama el Erian Laila Wakeel Mary Balassis Marianne Mavroviti Sana el Sharnobi Sheherazad Tarouti Nicole Gebeily Jennifer Whittington Soheir Tawil VIcky Syllaides Linda Christiania Sanaa Tawil Nejla Hariri Samiha Defrawi Nadia Abbassy Mary Anne Zagdoun Etty Nadjar Kariman Wakeel Mary Stamboulieh Nelly Romano Alda Barda Hebba Salib Helen Yacomopoulo Tania Djanikian Maria Papasinossian Amal Gameh Nabila Khalifa Seddy Eid Vera Cordahi Maissa Shaker Ghadeh Faizan Barbara Langdon Mona Souccar Malak el Said Sausan Islam Amira el Defrawi Nina Carasso Dagmar Roeben Mouna Banawi Irene Allan Jennie Bonette Anne Ambler Ioli Caloghiros Marica Casulli Judith Jerrom Marcellina Mian Shadia Naghy Amina el Sadr Katya Souccar Elizabeth Spiteri Marina Straftis Hoda Wahba Evelyn Zaimis Maria Klonaris Marilia Petropoulos Yeldy Mamdou Melita Caloghiros Mona Mikhail Aida Hassan Magda Defrawi Magda Darwish Galia el Naggar Claudine Zacchai Christine Kalsoussi English Girls' College
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