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Egypt’s greatest football player has been placed on the terror list and can’t travel.
This follows the freezing of his assets in 2015.
Mohamed Aboutrika formerly of the al-Ahly club and 2000...
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Football is a well regulated activity in Egypt with all types of controls. For example, The Huffington Post reported a few months ago that crowds attending Egyptian soccer matches have been banned...
Has anybody here used NileAir? They appear to run flights between Luxor and Cairo several days a week, and fares look to be reasonable. So far as I can tell baggage (30kg hold + 7kg hand baggage) is...
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Long before the Internet age, if you booked a return ticket to, for example, London and return to Cairo or Luxor, or in fact to many other places, you paid a hell of a lot less than buying your...
Egypt travel advice
09-12-2016 15:42 PM GMT
Latest update: Summary - on 9 December 2016 there was an explosion on Pyramid Road in Giza, killing at least 6 police officers; you should remain vigilant...
Marcel Maesson speaks on Saturday 19th November, 2016, at 7pm at Nile Valley hotel. The lecture is free, but you are invited to purchase a drink from the bar.
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I have no idea what happened to the screen and I do believe you lend it to Marcel? Wine and beer prices have exploded as well as all the taxes have gone up, but the price for beer and wine are the...
Egypt's new capital city moved a step closer to reality with the announcement that Chinese developers will largely fund the megaproject.
The China Fortune Land Development Company (CFLD) agreed to...
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This is the story which just keeps on giving.
The Army is developing the new administrative capital and with 20 lane highways – bit odd for a country with some of the lowest car ownership in the...
Posters probably know about the Internet Archive and its collection of out of copyright books, music and ephemera available for download.
For those who don’t, here is a very small sample of the...
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Thanks for posting Hafiz, as you say it is a huge resource site and I agree it is a bit difficult to navigate, although maybe spending more time there would help. Dowloading a book with text and...
Egypt are in advanced talks with Europe for a $800,000,000 loan to support the welfare system while going through the turbulent times and help support the people living in poverty. Yet more borrowed...
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Whoops a daisy a blink of your you eye and it's up again.
Not to worry says' our very own finance expert MT.... 8)
Ps: A real and proper tax system ? really ? Not a system Iv'e ever been used to.
The Egyptian cabinet confirmed on Sunday that the prices of tickets for domestic flights to popular touristic destinations will not increase, state official news agency MENA reported.
The cabinet's...
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Most of your obstacles don't seem to be the responsibility of Egypt. It doesn't control the international tourism market and the flights (lack of) to Egypt. Nor are they responsible for Thomas Cook....
Otherwise colloquially known as supermoon ....tonight .
Should give camera-buffs an opportunity for some nice shots over Luxor monuments.
See BY for more precise info ;)
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When the moon is near the horizon it appears larger because we have known objects nearby which aid comparison. It also appears slightly flattened due to refraction in the atmosphere, and darker...
Egypt's military has taken over the running of the country's smart card subsidy scheme, the government said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of the armed forces increasing their influence over the...
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Don'tcha just love a man in a uniform ? especially one holding an AK47 The Widow maker ... 8)
It's been reported that Donald J Buttbubble has been invited to Cairo, even though his pledge to American people included the shutting down of American Borders to Muslims, and to send many Muslims...
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Do you think if I asked 'nicely he would bring some Pistachio Jell-O with him, bet he's a fan....8)
New fare for micro-bus, taxi after fuel prices increase
Egypt's raise in fuel prices made new hikes to transportation fares all over the country, with the...
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Now you know you don't mean that Dusak :) and in any event you can always help her with the bus fares, it must be worth that just for her company :up
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