Ad blocker detected: Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker on our website.
Marsa Alam incorporated into Luxor governorate in Upper Egypt.
The city of Marsa Alam – known for its pristine beaches along Egypt's southern Red Sea – will now be a part of Luxor governorate in...
Last post
I think it will wind up upsetting a lot of landlords. Luxor doesn't have so many old law flats probably being rented out, but most of our neighbors in our building here in Cairo have old law...
After four years of restoration work, the Hanging Church is set to officially reopen to the public in mid-October. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El-Damati announced the reopening on Tuesday during his...
Egypt's population will hit 87 million tomorrow (Tuesday 18th Aug 2014), up 2 million year-on-year and 1 million in the last six months, the country's census authority announced.
The Central Agency...
Last post
@ Carrie - yeah I was pretty tongue in cheek when I wrote it. I do believe it is a good idea but have no idea what it would take to ever get those topics introduced into an Egyptian school.
The electricity deficit reached approximately 6,180MW on Monday, resulting in power outages for periods exceeding five hours daily, said an official at the Ministry of Electricity.
A 1900MW portion...
Last post
Exceeding five hours daily yep that sounds about right, just had my 7th of the day each lasting about 1 hour. Expecting another in about an hour. Getting a lot of reading done by torchlight and as...
Education Minister Mahmoud Abou Nasr unveiled on Saturday a long-term plan to improve education in Egypt, which has been deteriorating for years, Al-Ahram daily reported.
In a five-hour meeting with...
Last post
One of the problems with the education system is the number of teachers who take private students. Often families pay for their child to go for private lessons to the same teacher who should be...
Ending a life of brutal service, some of Egypt's donkeys meet gruesome fates, with others abandoned in desert lands. When alive, they fare little better, often facing abuse that amounts to torture....
Last post
Profoundly touching story and quite agree the donkey's lot in life in Egypt is not at all a good one. I don't get, can't wrap my mind around how cruel some/many Egyptians can be to their animals.
Cairo’s Central Traffic Department (CTA) announced Saturday that trucks won’t be allowed in the capital’s main streets during daytime hours, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.
The move is intended to...
Last post
So now large swathes of Cairo will have a hundred trucks an hour pounding and horn blasting their way through these streets at kip time. No doubt that the population of those areas will accept this...
(Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced two men to life imprisonment and a third to 20 years in jail on Thursday, for sexually assaulting and beating women during celebrations held after President...
Summary
Still current at: 31 July 2014
Updated: 31 July 2014
Latest update: Summary - the FCO now advise against all but essential travel to within 50km of the Libya border and the desert areas in...
Last post
A-Four suggests: It is more than likely that he's moved over to 'the Betty Davis eyes group' on the Southbank.
You might be right. The present guy at MI6, John Sawyers, was ambassador here in Cairo...
A video released by Egyptian news website Masrawy showing teenagers shooting a pellet gun at a lion at Giza Zoo has triggered condemnation on social media.
The footage showed an agitated female lion...
Last post
:))) :))) :)))
Nice one Zooropa.
Comes from raising three generations of children with very inquiring minds.
Ride in style: Egypt's pioneering female motorcyclists
Ahram Online speaks to the increasing number of women who are challenging social norms by riding motorcycles and scooters
Ingy Deif, Sunday 27...
Last post
I'll have a look see and see if I can find a copy of Khul Khaal . Thanks for the suggestion. Am sure I'd enjoy it.
Planning to take a Riverboat trip on the Nile from Luxor to Cairo soon. Has anyone made such a journey recently? Any details would be gratefully received.
Last post
My friend is the manager for a German travel firm here, only yesterday she told my she had guests doing this very cruse, fourteen days in total. It has never stopped since it first started....
I have seen quite a few of these grasshoppers (if that's what they are) in what looks like a stunned state, not sure if the flying insect (don't have a name for it) stunned the grasshopper first or...
Last post
There are parasites that infect many species. The worst ones are the ones you cant see... :cg
.
.
Hmmm...I can think of a few that can be seen. The only problem is you don't know they are...
Tourists visiting Egypt in June declined 20.5 percent compared to the same period the year prior, according to the latest report by the Ministry of Tourism.
A total of 785,652 foreign tourists spent...
Last post
I've been travelling to the Caribbean & Mexico for the past few years and they have no problem at all putting out offers to get people there AND while the actual tourist count is down it is nothing...
I haven't been on here in ages. After Sara died, it has taken me a long time to get back into things. I have finished my novel and I have a question about Egypt courts and how they...
Last post
It dose pay to read a post first, not use it as yet another excuse to once again bombard us...:urm:
:-)
I have a question....How does the legal system work in this case ?
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot post attachments in this forum
