Wagh el Birket
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The Wagh el Birket (The Berka), during World War II, was the red-light district of Cairo, Egypt. Later, during the war, the military would set up brothels run by the British Medical Corps.

References

• The Battle of Alamein: Turning Point, World War II by Bierman and Smith (2002)

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