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This Ridgewood Deli Owner Moonlights as an Egyptian TV Pundit

El-Gamasy regularly appears on Egyptian news, commenting on U.S. politics, broadcasting from the back of his bodega.

This Ridgewood Deli Owner Moonlights as an Egyptian TV Pundit

This Ridgewood Deli Owner Moonlights as an Egyptian TV Pundit

El-Gamasy regularly appears on Egyptian news, commenting on U.S. politics, broadcasting from the back of his bodega.

This Ridgewood Deli Owner Moonlights as an Egyptian TV Pundit

Andrew Tobia

Contributing Editor

In Ridgewood, you can find many things in abundance: MTA buses, traffic jams, low-key bars, delicious restaurants, art galleries, as well as bodegas and their ever-popular egg sandwiches.

As far as I am aware, however, Ridgewood is home to only one single bodega…

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