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Advice, information and discussion about Egypt in general.
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Useful Websites
by Connie Tindale » Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:54 am
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We need to rebuild the useful websites page. Please add any that you can think of here.
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Looks like this thread hasn't been updated for a while. Anyways, I will add new links here, in case someone is checking the thread. All of these have updated Egypt information:
Hurghada & Egypt...
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Last post by Hanna
Sat Apr 27, 2019 11:48 pm
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Travel Advice - Egypt
by DJKeefy » Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:37 pm
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Still current at: 07 October 2008
Updated: 30 September 2008
This advice has been reviewed and reissued with amendments to the Crime and River and Sea Safety sections. The overall level of the...
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I am locking this thread.
I am surprised that it has been resurrected, and how fast it is moving off topic.
The original information is over ten years old. It may still be current but, as so much...
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Last post by HEPZIBAH
Thu Apr 26, 2018 7:27 am
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Live Stream from Karnak Temple
by DJKeefy » Sun Mar 09, 2014 12:50 am
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I saw the governor on tv yesterday and he said 90 percent of the street cameras in Luxor had been installed so far, making the city safer....
Installation does not equal operating and there of...
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Last post by Who2
Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:59 am
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Timeline: Egypt - A chronology of key events
by DJKeefy » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:49 am
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circa 7,000 BC - Settlement of Nile Valley begins.
circa 3,000 BC - Kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt unite. Successive dynasties witness flourishing trade, prosperity and the development of great...
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thanksz
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Last post by Dravid456
Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:59 am
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Facts & Figures - Egypt
by DJKeefy » Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:56 am
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BASIC FACTS
Capital
Cairo
Language
Arabic is the official language; English and French are used by an educated elite; Nobiin, Berber and Coptic are used for religious purposes.
Area size...
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It was interesting to note that the literacy rate for women was half that of men and that even in 2002 almost 60% of the female population could not read. As this would be a national rather than a...
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Last post by Once bitten
Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:11 am
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Profile of Egypt
by DJKeefy » Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:15 pm
BASIC INFORMATION
Full Country Name: The Arab Republic of Egypt
Area: 997,739 Sq. Km
Population: 70.5 million (2004)
Capital City: Cairo (population - 16.7million)
People: Eastern Hamitic...
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Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:15 pm
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Egyptian MP Proposes Bill to Criminalize Child Marriage
by HEPZIBAH » Tue Jan 21, 2020 3:39 pm
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Egyptian MP Proposes Bill to Criminalize Child Marriage
EGYPTIAN STREETS
JANUARY 21, 2020
Egyptian Member of Parliament and Head of the Defense and National Security Committee in the House of...
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You can’t legislate ancient customs away.
Anyway, marriage under 18 is already illegal. As with many laws, it’s not enforced....and probably never will be. Like FGM.
Incentivising smaller families...
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Last post by newcastle
Tue Jan 21, 2020 5:56 pm
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EasyJet UK-Sharm el-Sheikh 2020
by HEPZIBAH » Thu Jan 16, 2020 4:29 pm
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Apologies if this news has already been shared. Then again, I think it will be good news for many so probably worth sharing more than once.
EGYPT
EasyJet to resume flights between the UK and Sharm...
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Unless it’s changed recently - and, Heaven knows, there’s been plenty of changes - the South Sinai visa ( actually it’s just a stamp in your passport) is for 15 days and applies to all the South...
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Last post by newcastle
Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:19 am
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Churches restored - pilgrimage route
by HEPZIBAH » Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:27 am
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Churches restored along path following Holy Family’s journey across Egypt : Minister
Al-Masry Al-Youm
January 9, 2020
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Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that a number of...
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The Egyptians ignore the obvious of the Holy Family - they were Jewish - all of them and the men circumcised.
If you wanted to correctly reflect their alleged visit to alleged locations you don't...
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Last post by Hafiz
Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:26 am
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Egypt Independent
by newcastle » Thu Jan 02, 2020 10:57 am
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My browser - operating in UK - won’t access the website www.egyptindependent.com.
I can access their FB page.
Anyone else having the same problem?
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It’s ok now. Temporary glitch.
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Last post by newcastle
Thu Jan 02, 2020 6:14 pm
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The Cobra Effect
by newcastle » Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:02 am
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There is growing concern that Egypt is no longer the cheap option for holidays - particularly winter holidays - and the constant hike in prices ( e.g. museum and site entry fees) could lead to a...
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Whilst the tourist numbers have almost returned to pre-revolution numbers, I agree with Who2 that it has little- nothing really - to do with the efforts of the Egyptian tourism authorities, minister,...
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Last post by newcastle
Thu Jan 02, 2020 10:31 am
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RedSea Tour Guides to strike over Christmas.
by newcastle » Sat Dec 14, 2019 11:32 am
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the Red Sea Tourist Guides Syndicate threatens to strike over christmas holidays.
The conflict between the members of the Red Sea Tourist Guides Syndicate and the Chamber of Tourism Companies...
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Thanks newcastle.
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Last post by HEPZIBAH
Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:26 am
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France Invades Egypt.
by Hafiz » Sat Dec 28, 2019 2:30 am
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France Invades Egypt.
Here is some new mad and incoherent propaganda.
“700,000 French tourists visited Egypt during 2019” that is 2,000 a day with 5-10 inward flights each day and 5-10 outwards on...
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Maybe I've overstated the French tourist lie - bur not the investment claim - but does anyone notice large French numbers on the coast or at Luxor? If they behave as in Australia they usually make a...
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Last post by Hafiz
Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:07 am
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Israeli Head of State – Born Zamalek.
by Hafiz » Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:03 am
Israeli Head of State – Born Zamalek.
Well almost – in an equal opportunity society – which Israel is with its 1.6 million Arabs/Palestinians and its professional and public life full of women...
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Last post by Hafiz
Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:03 am
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Egypt bombs in World Happiness Report
by newcastle » Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:02 am
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Two years after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) created the region’s first Ministry of Happiness and Wellbeing in 2017, its ranking went from 28 to 21 in the 2019 World Happiness Report.
Egypt was...
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Great, brilliant, does that mean I'm getting further from the 'madding crowd ?.... 8)
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Last post by Who2
Fri Dec 20, 2019 5:41 pm
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Lost in Translation..again!
by Who2 » Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:40 am
I had this idea a few years ago.
Chiminea's Finally got round and had two made in a village past Nagada.
Sizes-Height-Width-Thickness-Pictures..This is what finally arrived yesterday.
It's like a...
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Last post by Who2
Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:40 am
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Egypt Central Bank Bails Out Tourism.
by Hafiz » Mon Dec 16, 2019 3:43 am
Central Bank Bails Out Tourism.
The occasional stats on tourist arrivals or anecdotes from members of this forum just obscure the full story. The tourism industry is very sick and the Central Bank...
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Last post by Hafiz
Mon Dec 16, 2019 3:43 am
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Only in Egypt!
by newcastle » Sun Dec 15, 2019 12:04 pm
Hurghada turns into a ghost city due to an inspection committee from Cairo .
The commercial movement in Hurghada witnessed a state of confusion, as many shops closed their doors to citizens most of...
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Last post by newcastle
Sun Dec 15, 2019 12:04 pm
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Latest round of new governors
by newcastle » Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:43 pm
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According to undisclosed sources moves are afoot to appoint new governors......this after the big shuffle last year. I have some doubts about this post....and will correct later if necessary.
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Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi appointed sixteen new governors on Wednesday, according to state-run television.
The newly-appointed governors include Abdel Hamid Abdel...
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Last post by newcastle
Wed Nov 27, 2019 2:53 pm
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Egypt is safe!!
by newcastle » Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:50 am
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Who’d have thought it!! Egypt is the 8th safest country in the world.....ranking above UK and most European countries.
“Do you feel safe walking alone at night in the city or area where you...
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We all have different experiences.
In Nov 2018 I was in Hurghada suffering stomach pains. I went to a doctor who examined me and gave me the usual ‘gippy tummy’ medication. The problem persisted and...
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Last post by newcastle
Mon Nov 25, 2019 12:41 pm
