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No matter where I have travelled in the world, I have appreciated seeing old crafts being kept alive, either in traditional format or in a manner that keeps the tradition alive but meets the modern...
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Respect :up Who had imagined so much work going into creating each tile? Friends who import these tiles from Cairo tell me that there are always very few on the market, I cannot wait to hear their...
Born and raised in Nubia, southern Egypt, the 29-year-old Jehad Ashraf is the first in her family to grow up not understanding the Nubian language. “I lived in Aswan my whole...
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There is an article about the Nubian language on Wikipedia (I'm sure there are probably more and potentially better elsewhere but I've not searched that far). I've only skim read the beginning but it...
* Travel advice update *
The UK is announcing a change in our Travel Advice for Egypt.
We no longer advise against all but essential travel to Farafra and the Bahariya Oasis, meaning that UK citizens...
The House of Representatives, during its plenary session on Monday, headed by Counselor Dr. Hanafi Jabali, finally approved a draft law submitted by the government to reinstate the daylight saving...
I may well be going a bit funny in the head with advancing age, who knows? But I seem to remember that when we used to get 12 month visas we then became eligible for Egyptian prices (i.e. half...
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A bit of an update:
This morning, whilst taking tea at the WP, I asked if a 12 month resident card would get me Egyptian price there. Of course it would! came the answer, without hesitation. This...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Tuesday the details of its new 46-month loan programme for Egypt and its government commitments in a staff report.
The report detailed the main...
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I hope your eventual loan was not through the old Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI).
I remember that outfit back in the 80's, I once flew in their private Boeing 727 jet for 3 week...
Apparently this clip clocked up over f.3 million views in one day.
Personally….I think the film crew needed to do a bit more homework :roll:
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These times they are a changing. My first time in Egypt I got a sneaky shot of a military aircraft at Luxor airport on my way home. I've videod Police harassing locals. I've shot Egyptian prisons. I...
Travel & Tourism News 20/12/2022
Egypt to witness 5 remarkable astronomical phenomena on Wednesday
Egypt will witness on Wednesday five remarkable astronomical phenomena, including the annual solar...
Here is an interesting article from the Guardian about Egyptians fleeing by boat to Italy but this particular paragraph in the article tells us more about the Egyptian economy:
.....They are...
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I know several traders in the Tourist Market in Luxor who have previously tried to join the 'fixed price' brigade. But the tourists are so used to, or have read so much about, bargaining (often...
Aswan Open Water Swimming Championship return after 40-year-hiatus
Article copied from Egypt Independent October 5, 2022
After a 40-year hiatus since the last swimming championship in the Nile,...
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Thank you A-Four.
I think that the quarry you mention is the one where I fell from height from a camel; not a good experience! The cameleers (and my youngest daughter!) thought is was a hoot, as I...
I was startled to read an article courtesy of Simple Flying about a purchase of a Boeing 747-800 for the top brass of Egypt. Yes every government has a private jet or 10 to ferry the execs around but...
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it would impinge on their Yooman Rights
Ah! But would it also be seen as muscling in on the work rightly due to Council waste operatives? (The fact that they don't bother with it doesn't come into...
At least 41 killed as huge blaze rips through church in Egypt: Many of victims are feared to be children after building with nursery inside erupted in flames during Sunday service attended by 5,000...
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(lazily copying my response to this on the L4U Facebook page)
Horrific.
I read a number of reports about this dreadful situation earlier.
One of the things I don't understand is how the government...
As if life in Cairo wasn’t difficult enough, some bright spark has decided to copy another western idea..great in concept but utterly impracticable, and dangerous, if you’ve ever experienced road...
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