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Looks like this thread hasn't been updated for a while. Anyways, I will add new links here, in case someone is checking the thread. All of these have updated Egypt information:
Language
Arabic is the official language; English and French are used by an educated elite; Nobiin, Berber and Coptic are used for religious purposes.
Area size...
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It was interesting to note that the literacy rate for women was half that of men and that even in 2002 almost 60% of the female population could not read. As this would be a national rather than a...
Dealing with coronavirus: Atypical answers in Egypt
Some of the larger questions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic have been met with atypical answers in Egypt.
Dina Ezzat , Saturday 13 Feb...
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And this from the Egypt Independent:
Meteorologists predict moderately warm weather on Sunday over Cairo, Lower Egypt, and northern Upper Egypt, moderate weather on the northern coasts during the...
Egypt will soon inaugurate the first archaeological replicas factory in Egypt and in the region as part of efforts to fight the spread of Chinese-made products in the local markets....
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I can’t recall seeing any tourist replicas with Chinese features....but the ancient Egyptians were a funny looking lot....
While negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have been brought to a standstill, Cairo is channeling its efforts to preserve the waters of the Nile by supporting local...
Woman, 45, who dumped husband for Egyptian toyboy, 24, devastated after he pockets £1.5k of cash & calls her ‘old & fat’.
WHEN Joanna Girling jetted out to Egypt in June 2018 with her husband, she...
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There's a desperate shortage of oldies in Luxor now, many have seen their sell by date expire long ago. Many Egyptian mama's lay unattended on their mud floors, hoping against hope that their beloved...
The Egyptian Air Authority announced the return of Russian tourism to Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada next March 28 where Russian Nord Wind operates 4 flights per week.
The Egyptian...
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So that's a No then, is it ?
They held bloody good parties them Russians, over in their guest lodge in Qourm Lola,
loads of vodka & caviar and singing, amazing bunch.
Bet all their caricatured faces...
SHOPS WILL NOW BE FINED UP TO EGP ONE MILLION FOR SELLING WITHOUT AN INVOICE
Shops will now be required to give their customers an invoice, or receive a fine of up to EGP one million. If the offense...
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Your right Dusak it applies to Egyptians too, my bawab went to buy a new water heater for me, I had asked the bawab make sure you get a receipt but the shop owner refused to give him one, the box was...
A few years ago an egyptian farmer and his 'PR man tried to sell me a meteorite, but were not willing to
show me it..'therein laid the small but important sticking point!
Any how my mate Maria once...
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Hmm... don't most if not all meteorites seem to land in deserts? How can that be? Surely some must fall on heavily populated areas.
Well....70% of the earth is covered by ocean and one third of...
January 2021 and much of the talk centres around the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccines, and just how serious the problem is, or not, in Egypt.
Many deny that there is virus. If they accept that it exists...
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During the Mubarak years Egypt could best be described as an oligarchy/kleptocracy.
What we have now is definitely an oligarchy....but perhaps not so much of a kleptocracy. Or maybe they’re just...
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