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Sorry, I can't transfer all the photo's from this short article to here. It's worth opening though to see that in Egypt the love of cookies at this time...
Its easy to be negative and take cheap shots from the boundary line. I’m to blame more than most. However its also true that there is a lot that is obviously wrong and that the average Egyptian has...
I'm hearing....after much shilly-shallying....that the switch to daylight saving (ahem!) has now been abandoned.
At least for 2016.
You couldn't make it up...... :urm:
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نظراً لإلغاء العمل بالتوقيت الصيفي الذي كان مقرر تطبيقه اعتبارا من فجر يوم الجمعة 8 يوليو ، تهيب مصرللطيران بالسادة عملائها الكرام ضرورة مراجعة مواعيد إقلاع رحلاتهم المدونة علي تذاكر السفر عن طريق...
Egypt's finance ministry has listed 52 commodities and services that will be exempted from a new value-added tax (VAT), which is expected to be applied this year after it is approved by parliament....
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Most shopkeepers here will take the opportunity to make a bit on the side if they can get away with it. I use a mouthwash called TANTUM VERDE, a 125 ml bottle. The price, over the last four years has...
It is a hot afternoon in the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan and the New Cairo club house is empty. Hisham Genena, Egypt's erstwhile corruption tsar, settles in a corner. It's quiet here, he says. We...
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I think when people read this either on here or on the original Aswatmasriya it will put even more people off from visiting Egypt.. People want to feel welcome not looked upon has coming here to do...
Free entry to museums, archaeological sites on June 30
Mon, 27/06/2016 - 17:05
Al-Masry Al-Youm
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has declared that entry to all museums and archaeological sites...
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Well on my way to Karnak today I decided to try the free entrance to Karnak Temple. Everyone was paying, Egyptians the few, very few tourists who where there. I didn't really want to go in so gave it...
On Sunday we shared the information that Osama Salama, head of the Cairo and Giza Tobacco Traders Association, called for the legalisation of hashish in order to help Egypt’s economy. Instantly the...
As MT has (I think) been sentenced to transportation to the Colonies I thought, in his absence, I could revive a few moans & whinges with this perspective :
Excuse me, Egypt? I think there are a...
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Hafiz said :
Its now a different world. Expulsions could not now occur. International capital and trade restrict any nativistic urges to sieze non Egyptian assets. Nevertheless non-national...
The average life expectancy of Egyptians has been estimated at 71.5 years, according to a study carried out by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and...
There are lots on complaints on this site about garbage, its smells, visual pollution and the failure of government to clean it up. Well, maybe there is another way.
The garbage collecting Zabbaleen...
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LovelyLadyLux I will post further (although there is little interest) on what has happened to them - including health services.
Who2 - Charwoods used to be owned by Omar Sharif's son - before he...
The world famous Max Planck Institute has modeled mid century effects on the Middle East and North Africa of a 2C (the now agreed Paris Target) rise in global temperatures and has found that this...
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We can all look on the bright side, according to the experts, our warmer winter months are having a positive affect on carbon emissions. But with the melting of the ice fields due also to the warmer...
Egyptian Politicians, Media Blame Israel For Downing EgyptAir Plane in ‘Satanic Plot’.
Egypt is awash in conspiracy theories surrounding the downing of EgyptAir Flight 804 last month, with numerous...
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The first post is based on a translation from the Arabic by MEMRI from. I think, Facebook, Masry, al Ahram and Cairene Wafd. MEMRI is a free US based translation 'service' which specializes in this...
Egypt's population is set to hit 91 million at 10 pm on Sunday, only six months after the population reached a striking 90 million, Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics...
A major hallmark of the holy month of Ramadan is the fanous (lantern), which is an essential part of Ramadan decorations in Egypt. Ahram Online visits one of the oldest fanous Ramadan factories in...
The Egyptian news website Misrawi said that Dr Shawqi Allam, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, has endorsed the death sentence against former president Mohamed Morsi and the rest of the defendants in the...
Hurghada—Sharm el-Sheikh ferry crossing relaunches next week
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The Ministry of Transport is set to relaunch a...
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A couple of years ago I was invited to visit friends in Hurghada and Sharm el Sheik as well as Luxor. It was just impossible to work out within my two week holiday as I would have spent too much time...
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