Oldest centenarian in Egypt’s Suez Canal region dies at the age of 123

The oldest person in Egypt’s three Suez Canal governorates has died Thursday at the age of 123, Youm7 reported.

The Centenarian, Wahiba Motawea Gad el Rab was born in 1893 in Upper Egypt, her neighbor told Youm7.

“She said that she got lost at her hometown in Upper Egypt and moved to live Suez Canal’s governorate of Ismailia where she died,” he said.

She has been living alone in a small apartment since 1950, he said.

 

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