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Greek card games
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Bastra
Basra is a fishing card game, similar to cassino, and popular in Cyprus. The game is also popular in Egypt, Lebanon, and other Middle Eastern countries. . The name is Greek borrowing from the Arabic word Basra. In Turkey, the game is known as pişti or pişpirik..