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The Coca-Cola factory in Cairo sits on land that once belonged to the Bigio family, Egyptian Jews whose businesses built part of Egypt’s modern economy. The Bigios owned the land in Heliopolis since 1929, establishing factories that made shoe polish, tin cans, and eventually tin bottle caps for Coca-Cola. In the 1940s, Coca-Cola leased the Bigio’s land and facilities, using them to bottle Coke and later Fanta. In 1962, during Nasser’s anti-Jewish campaign, the Egyptian government confiscated the Bigio’s entire industrial complex, including the Coca-Cola facility, without compensation or apology—simply because they were Jews. The Bigios were expelled from Egypt in 1965. For decades, Coca-Cola operated its bottling plant on that land, fully aware of its history. When the property was privatized in the 1990s, the Bigios tried to reclaim it, but Coca-Cola moved quickly to secure ownership with the Egyptian government, leaving the family empty-handed. The Bigio family sued Coca-Cola in the United States, arguing that Coca-Cola knowingly profited from their stolen property. The case dragged on for years, but in 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the dismissal of their claims. The court found that Coca-Cola’s acquisition of the property was legal under Egyptian law and that Coca-Cola occupied the property under a “claim of right.” No restitution. No apology. No acknowledgment. Coca-Cola’s lawyers argued that Egypt’s seizure of Jewish property did not violate international law. The Bigio family’s property was taken because they were Jewish, and Coca-Cola profited from it. Legality does not erase injustice. 🔗https://t.co/mESxZHF4IS