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One person was killed in a bombing outside a pizzeria in the Egyptian capital Thursday as other blasts hit a police station and offices of cell phone companies, a health...
A plan to develop Egypt’s Mediterranean coast for tourists could be one step closer as the country’s government prepares to host an economic summit next...
Temperatures in Egypt are expected to drop by seven degrees starting Wednesday, with modest rainfall starting Monday, Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) spokesman Wahid Seoudi told Ahram...
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We were visiting Dush back at the beginning of 2008 at the end of a brief visit to Kharga oasis.
Perfect weather when we walked up the hill to the fortress. One hour later as we began to descend a...
It is now four years (4 years today I think) since it was announced that Hosni Mubarak had 'resigned' from his post as President of Egypt. The announcement came after a traumatic and dramatic 18 days...
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There does appear to be a democracy of sorts in Egypt or at least moving in its general direction away from a total dictatorship since he left. We here in Britain along with our allies have fought...
If you remember all those passionate, attractive, articulate, revolutionary young people who appeared
speaking English in front of the TV cameras 4 years ago in Tahrir...
Hardly a resounding success for the anti-FGM campaign. Take away the manslaughter element and the punishment is derisory. Dealing severely (if you can call it that!) with the doctors and not the...
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I am curious, what exactly is hard labour and as he has two years of it, will he survive ?
It can be anything from digging ditches or smashing rocks for twelve hours a day living of meager rations....
They look like they were made by a 3-D printer...
Housing crisis caused by preventable population explosion.
Exponential population growth caused by Islamic pro-natalist mandates.
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I used to live in Mokattam the mountain above Cairo in a block of apartments 3 residents and 20 empty apartments and surround by hundreds of similar developments, Mubarak Mafia seemed to-be the...
Well got back from Cairo today after ten days there, had the most fantastic time. People great, traffic horrendous, weather cold, will be returning there very shortly. I shall write a report later...
Although the costs of housing, clothing & education are not included in the report, these are unlikely to be of much relevance to the long term ex-pat .
Interesting.
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If you actually go to the original source of the data linked to, it isn't quite so simple nor is Egypt as rosy as some want to believe it is. Purchasing power of citizens is one of the world's lowest...
I have just seen this beautiful painting of a Water Seller in Cairo painted in 1884. It has left me wondering if there are still water sellers in Cairo or other places of Egypt. I have not seen one,...
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Like Ruby, I want so many of them, that's why I copy them. Have just had one of Luxor Temple framed.
High population levels are usually related to the oppression and indoctrination of women from an early age. Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries excel in this.
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will you recognise yourself D :lol: Especially if they have been in your wardrobe so long.
A 65-year-old woman has died of bird flu in Upper Egypt, the second fatality from the virus this year, the health ministry announced in a statement on Wednesday.
I remember reading some time ago that there were lady only taxi's in Cairo anyone have a contact number for them?
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I don't have any numbers but you might find more info in the links below, one link mentions the Cairo Cab Company and Enass Hammam, one of six female cab drivers who works for them.
Terrorist puppet, AIDS cure, Ronaldinho's Zamalek move, US-Egyptian military confrontation, arresting people for talking politics, others for speaking English, 'Atheist Café', exorcism over the...
Women infected with HIV in Egypt face worse stigma than men, creating barriers to AIDS treatment, education and awareness, says the Egyptian Society for Population Studies and Reproductive Health....
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I think that it destroys the sharing of Christmas cheer by omitting to supply the name of this establishment. Not that anyone would have a look, just good manners. ;)
A story in today's Guardian on the difficulties of living in Cairo... :cool:
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There is always some barsteward waiting in the shadows to spoil the fun. :td I remember a friend telling me a few years back, in reference to the Arab porn sites that you can get on the internet, and...
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