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Egypt removes mention of 2011 uprising from school curriculum.
Egypt has removed mention of the events of 25 January 2011 revolution and the military coup of 30 June 2013 from the history...
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Concerning the war, we were both watching a documentary about it a few weeks back. She insisted that Egypt had won and no arguments by me would persuade her to believe otherwise. Why? Because all...
According to this Egyptian commercial news web-site there have been:
‘57 blocked since May 24, according to the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression, a non-government...
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If Egypt's security services, or their officers in Luxor, were monitoring MT's motorcycle club they may have been more concerned with the 'mental health issues' of anyone hoping to change the...
Over the past few years, the country has been rapidly turning to desalination to meet its most pressing water needs. It started when the government put developers on notice that if they wanted to...
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Meanwhile ignoring this dirty great big river that runs into the Med. :|
The government has prepared a draft law to amend some provisions of Law No. 147 of 1984 to impose a fee for the development of the state's financial...
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Seems a good way to always aliviate traffic congestion. I find it hard to understand what the government is trying to do they do not seem to have a great deal of idea on anything, and they keep...
Cairo airport's security screening starts at the door to the terminal buildings. Only passengers are allowed in. Even before check-in, they have to put their belongings through the large scanners,...
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But I'm minded now always to keep a tampon in my pocket at airport security to bring more women into the fold.
A glutton for punishment :lol:
Surely the sensible place to keep your tampons is in...
The Egyptian authorities evacuated a 13-floor building in eastern Alexandria in the early hours of Wednesday morning after it toppled over to lean on the building opposite.
Civil protection...
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Leaning building in Alexandria partially demolished
Reports indicate that the building subsided after additional floors were illegally added to it, weakening its foundations
Ahram Online ,...
Senior officials resign from Supreme Tourism Council, call for Minister’s sacking
Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed’s policies are the reason why Egypt's tourism is in a “poor condition”, say officials...
The Brief History Of A Thousand-Year-Old Tradition
Ramadan is one of the most anticipated events of the Islamic year around the world, one that bears symbols of spirituality, forgiveness,...
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Got my fanoos shining outside my home, sad to say a lot of them are being replaced by fairy lights. Just not the same and here on the west bank there doesn't seem to be the same tradition of...
The Misaharaty (Musaharati) is one of the oldest, most deep-rooted traditions found during Ramadan. El Misaharaty is the name given to the person who walks and beats a drum in residential areas to...
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I was wondering how big an area he was supposed to cover each time. At the pace he's going I fear the first people to hear him are going to be early to prayer, and the last ones somewhat late! ;)
Egypt receives first tourists to take tour recreating trip of the Holy Family
Ahram Online , Tuesday 30 May 2017
Egypt’s tourism minister greeted on Tuesday 520 tourists of 20 nationalities who...
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I do however wonder about the timing of it, given what appears to be an increasing number of attacks on Christians in Egypt.
Those were my thoughts exactly Hepzi :tk
Harassers of foreign tourists in Egypt risk a hefty fine under a draft law that the government approved in an attempt to heal the country’s ailing tourism.
The draft proposes a fine ranging from...
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Antiquities minister Khaked El-Anani certainly envisages putting some teeth into the proposed legislation.
From the Tourism minister :
The number of tourists visiting Egypt this year could come...
Minya bus shootng: At least 24 Coptic Christians killed and dozens injured in Egypt gun attack
Gunmen open fire on bus travelling to monastery in Minya province
The massacre follows a series of...
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Egyptian state Islamic authority cancels Ramadan celebration following attack on Copts in Minya
Ahram Online , Friday 26 May 2017
Dar Al-Iftaa, the Egyptian state body responsible for issuing...
A young Egyptian filmmaker has made a long elegiac film about young lives in Cairo in the period 2008 up to, but specifically excluding, the 2011 revolution. The Hollywood Reporter describes it as:...
3 Egyptian Doctors Suspended for Using ‘Kofta Aids’ Device
Written by Rana Elhawary
Three Egyptian doctors have been banned from practicing medicine for...
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“We have lost most of the engineers we have trained in the EgyptSat 1 programme, a lot went to refrigerator factories.”
Well it is cold in outer space :lol:
The prices of poultry and beef increased madly before the month of Ramadan, as the kilo of poultry increased by LE3 on Thursday to reach LE26 for the live poultry, and LE31 for frozen poultry.
Beef...
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Huge numbers of slaughtered, skinned donkeys found in Monufiya
Looks like skins intended for Chinese market....or the Gulf states where, apparently, sexual stimulants are extracted from skins....
Saudi Arabia-based Acwa Power has obtained the green signal from Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity to establish a power plant with a capacity of 2,250 MW at a cost of $2.2 billion in Luxor, a report...
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Wonder if this may be a lead up to price rises again?
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