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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:
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...
All restaurants, cafes, cafeterias, casinos, night clubs, bars, shopping centers (malls), and other local shops will shut down from 7:00 pm (Cairo time) to 6:00 am across the nation, as a preventive...
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Yesterday I ventured outside to do my mega survival shop. Bought enough food for 6 mo the for the cats, enough food for me for 5 months. Would of bought more but my freezer is not large enough. The...
Update on GOV.UK.
Egypt travel advice
Change made
Addition of links to British Embassy Cairo social media for further information on options to depart Egypt...
Egypt on Tuesday locked down the Red Sea resort of Hurghada where a German tourist died of new coronavirus earlier this month as it battles the spread of the disease.
Hurghada is a magnet for...
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Whether or not you believe the govt figures on Corona virus cases, there’s little doubt the State is now taking the matter with all the seriousness it warrants.
Disease specialists in Canada accused Egyptian authorities of withholding the country's real number of coronavirus cases, The Guardian reported on Sunday.
Egypt's official toll stands at 126 cases...
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It's the dogs what caused it, mind you could be them birds, oh! or them there pigs..
My monies on the Chinese eating monkeys, sheeps penis's, chickens testicles, or them 1000 year old eggs.
Funny...
It’s common knowledge that Egypt’s civil service is bloated. As part of the measures to contain the spread of COVID- 19 they’ve decided to give all non-essential staff a paid 15 day vacation.
#Egypt The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) now advise against all but essential travel to Egypt due to the suspension of flights to and from Egypt from 19 March until 31 March.
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The Red Sea governorate is moving fast.
All hotels closed and quarantined. Presumably no new guests will be accepted and current guests will have to leave as soon as they practicably can....not easy...
Egypt will suspend international flights to and from the country from 19 till 31 March over Coronavirus concerns, Egyptian Prime minister Mostafa Madbouly announced on Monday.
More to follow
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Now it's shishas gyms what next?
The obvious thing to ban would be Friday prayers - and Al Azhar have sanctioned such as step - but nothing mandatory yet, although some local action.
Since we might be confined in for a little while I might as well get on with my painting projects.
Does anyone know anywhere either in Luxor or Hurghada that sells PROPER water colour paper. The art...
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Do you have any online shopping sites? Since they increased the tax on goods delivered from the UK, I’ve been using Turkish online sites to buy watercolour paper and paints. You need the paper to be...
The past week has seen the number of coronavirus cases in Egypt slowly increase, with the Ministry of Health confirming nearly 100 people in Egypt have contracted the mysterious disease now dubbed...
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I had a post from a gentleman in Cairo who says that very few people are getting tested due to oack of testing equipment. If it does not lockdown and start putting health before wealth, it will...
Wild stormy weather and heavy rainfall brought Egypt to a standstill on Thursday and caused major flooding, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than ten others, according to local media....
And if things aren't looking bad enough... although it is one way to keep people behind their closed doors...
Luxor Today الاقصر اليوم
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تحذير شديد اللهجة ...
منخفض جوي عميق يستعد لضرب الجمهورية...
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Well very windy yesterday sand everywhere but as yet no rain. The sky is blue again though instead of that grey miserable colour. So reminiscent of the UK.
Looks like we have got away with it. Wind...
Posted this afternoon on Facebook by Luxor Today الاقصر اليوم
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ضمن الاجراءات الاحترازية لمواجهة كورونا المستجد :
رئيس الوزراء يقرر تعليق جميع الفعاليات التى تتضمن أى تجمعات كبيرة من المواطنين...
