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Egypt aims to attract 13.5 million visitors next year, bringing in around $11 billion, as it launches an international campaign to lure back foreigners deterred by political turmoil, the tourism...
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Salting the desert with gold and planting various pharonic statues full of gold about Luxor and VoK could definitely bring the crowds rushing back. This could also create an entire side industry of...
Terrorist attacks have increased in scale and frequency in Egypt in recent weeks. They have also begun to spread beyond the desert in northern Sinai to the western bank of the Suez Canal — most...
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Quite agreed that once they leave the door mom has no more control and seems boys/men leave the door pretty early. Interesting to ponder, if mom did have more influence over her son, how fewer...
Visitors slowly trickling back after upheaval, but industry insiders say full recovery could take years
Morale in Egypt's tourism industry is at rock bottom; a summer of bloodshed has frightened...
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This al Ahram drivel is stranger than it seems. If it wasn't for the Reuters stamp you would throw it away. Full of shallow opinion and downright untruths. For example which nations undertake...
The stations’ developments in the Nile delta areas will assist in locating and tracking the regions experiencing power cuts.
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) announced a regional...
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Presumably the 5 new power stations will run on gas and a lot of gas needs to be imported or, less likely, found and developed. On the other hand they might by run on oil but that would be beyond...
For the first time since 14 August, Egyptian trains pulled in and out of Cairo's Ramses Station following stoppage by the Interior Ministry due to security concerns.
On Tuesday, 28 trains were due...
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And I hope that means all the trains all over the country! On Sunday we were very lucky to get a local bus directly to Karnak from outside KZ. My friend said he was telling others he lived there and...
At least five soldiers and a man whose occupation is yet to be revealed were wounded on Saturday when a car bomb exploded near an army intelligence building in Ismailia, northeast of Cairo, security...
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Never in a million years did i ever think i would be living so close to were a car bomb would go off.It sure enough scared the hell out of me when it went off.
Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi has appointed a nine-member board of trustees for the 306306 Egypt Support Fund.
The nine members will have the responsibility of “establishing an institution of...
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Personally although I would prefer a 12 month visa, purely out of laziness, I am grateful to the Egyptian Government for allowing me to live here and so should we all be.
Does anyone know about Travelling to Cairo airport during curfew hours? are people being allowed to travel if they have an early morning flight? I have read on a few sites that if you show your...
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I would think if you had a ticket that you would be fine assuming the soldiers managing the checkpoints can read airplane tickets. However, unexpected incidents could happen so I would just avoid...
An Egyptian prosecutor ordered on Saturday that 14 suspects be detained for four days pending investigations into allegations that they committed homosexual acts inside a medical centre in the Cairo...
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The prosecutor ordered that all evidence be confiscated as investigations take place.
The mind boggles - wonder what evidence they're going to confiscate?
The hijab fashion in Egypt has been changing rapidly over the last ten years. Although the Spanish style veil has emerged five years ago, a newer and...
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I have noticed over the years that the Hijab is changing in the younger generation. The lastest thing is to put the biggest bun ring ( a hair accesorory known to women for wrapping your hair round to...
Egypt will begin halting rice exports in order to pre-empt a domestic supply shortage, as the government needs around 1.4 million tonnes of rice to distribute through its subsidy cards.
According...
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So, in short we can expect farmers next year to be growing anything other than rice or grain, to ensure a decent return for their product, this will only be possible where it is able to guarantee an...
Egypt's railway system has lost LE228 million (roughly $33 million) due to the suspension of passenger services since mid-August, an Egyptian Railway Authority official told Ahram Online on...
Egypt's banks will be closed from Monday 14th to Thursday 17th for Eid Al-Adha holiday celebrations, announced the central bank of Egypt in a statement on Tuesday.
Work will resume Sunday 20th,...
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Thanks for that Keefy as I would of been going on that date to collect my 'pennies from heaven.' :up
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