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Here is a big and positive post on tourism – sort of.
I assume that those who support Egyptian tourism know one thing. What is the tourist guide to an Egyptian city which is...
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I am not sure about your question, but I think I know what your are talking about. I have been studying many traveling company and already know their best real-life practices. When I travelled to...
I received this book about nightlife in the roaring 20's in Cairo a month ago.
Quite interesting as the now closed Windsor hotel is just around the corner from emad al-din street in Ezbekiyya.
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Holidaying in egypt for many months of the year I always missed the feel, the fun, the smell of a newspaper.
Here I read local rags and always Saturday's Grauniad.
20 odd years ago reading a local...
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So, I wasn't wrong about India..
I often get asked when am I returning to Egypt ?
I mean... 47 covid cases on one plane/sardine can from Delhi,
let's face it, think about all those poor refugee...
The weather in the window this morning
is snow, unseasonal singular flakes,
a slow winter’s final shiver. On such an occasion
to presume to eulogise one...
I have now been procrastinating for nearly 12 months, it will be 1 year on 1st February since returning
from Luxor, and will probably be another 12 months...
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Probably better to write the autobiography and call it a novel, :tk .. Save all the lawsuits, and keep the Rozzers from your door...... 8)
All characters and events portrayed in this autobiography...
Sherlock Holmes and the true-life triumph: Framed for sickening crimes, a young Indian turned to the creator of literature's greatest detective. The result? A tale as enthralling as any Conan Doyle...
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What a great article! Thanks for posting the link, Hatusu!
Or better known as lobsang rampa..
Even His Holiness The Dalai Lama had it, who didn't way back then ?
Came across this interesting article in today's travel section of the Gruaniad...
Loeb of Harvard is the greatest translator and publisher of the broadest range of written works of the classical period. Homer and Hesiod from the 7th or 8th century BC are the obvious but they have...
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Positive Initiatives
Alexandria is important and not for the reasons you might guess. Its humidity and pollution mean that parchment, papyrus and vellum won’t last. The water table and the salt in...
I wish I could say something better about this book on an important issue.
It’s the history of the British East India Company (India, starvations, opium and wars) and tries to draw a comparison...
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Many thanks Hafiz!
I’ve been looking for something meaty as kindle reading for my forthcoming trip to Egypt and this will do nicely. I’ve always found the 18th-19th century history of India...
Ive just had an email to advise me that one of my favourite authors, Kate Ellis has a new book out. Can anybody explain the reason why the Kindle edition is £5 more expensive than the paperback...
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E-books are subject to VAT, printed books are not. Odd but true.
I've just finished reading 'My 1001 Nights' by Alice Morrison, and for anyone with an interest in Morocco, I would highly recommend it. Alice Morrison is a Scottish adventurer who visited Morocco,...
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I've remembered better what happened. I didn't comment on a post of hers. The series Morocco to Timbuctoo was being discussed in a Morocco group I belong. There were positive and negative points...
The economic history of Egypt is poorly understood – as is its general history except for the shiny coffins and big pyramids. The writing in Arabic or English by...
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Quite fascinating to digest, will take my laptop to bed to study in more detail.... 8)
Ps:
Quote: University of Pennsylvania, Hawass’s old university and the place that doesn’t ask the old windbag...
Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
Written by Roger McNamee, an early investor in Facebook
Quote from the book
“This is a story about power. It describes how even the best of ideas , in...
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Whilst I am a regular user of Facebook, I have to agree with that quote. It can be a great medium for communication when used properly but, like all things, it can also be a deadly place when used...
The justifiable rules of the site regarding posting restrict links so I have had to post these useful links in a seperate post.
If you are interested in Arabic/regional poetry.
A well regarded...
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Yes basically we want to avoid having threads that are solelycomprised of just a link to a URL with little or no information to say what the link is all about, so a short precis lets members decide...
I find it interesting that the Muslim world is so divided, albeit on borders designed by westerners, and has poor knowledge about the giants of their...
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