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Advice, information and discussion about Egypt in general.
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A dream for millions of Egyptian workers: A minimum wage
by DJKeefy » Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:26 pm
Despite repeated promises by officials to implement a national minimum wage since the 2011 uprising, many workers are still waiting for a living wage and are suspicious of government promises....
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Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:26 pm
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Family say citizen tortured to death at Old Cairo police st.
by DJKeefy » Wed Jul 25, 2012 1:39 pm
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Family say citizen tortured to death at Old Cairo police station.
Ahmed Abdel Naby, a prisoner who died at the Old Cairo police station on Tuesday, was tortured to death, a report by medical...
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I'm at a loss with British justice! Harry Rednapp, John Terry and this - all not guilty....
However for all the sinse - I would still argue that we have better recourse to justice than the average...
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Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:56 pm
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A new role for the mesaharati
by DJKeefy » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:40 am
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A mesaharati, traditionally a man, rouses people during the holy month of Ramadan by calling their names as he strolls through the streets, banging his drum.
He does this a couple of hours before...
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It did when I lived in Awamia - my bedroom backed onto the sidestreet between two buildings, and he woke the faithful and the unfaithful alike! Not just a drum, but a trumpet as well.
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Last post by LivinginLuxor
Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:31 am
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We’re talking about innocent souls
by DJKeefy » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:31 am
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The fact on the ground says that some people have been exploiting the post-January 25 Revolution chaos to make serious violations. One of these violations involves constructing large buildings...
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More deaths in Alexandria are reported this morning:
A mother and her two daughters were killed on Monday evening as a one-story building collapsed in the Amreya area of Alexandria.
Investigators...
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Last post by TonyC
Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:00 am
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Rolling blackouts policy sparks anger across Egypt
by DJKeefy » Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:16 pm
Power cuts continued across Egypt despite promises by officials from the electricity and energy ministries that the crisis will gradually ease.
Activists on Facebook called on the ministries to...
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Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:16 pm
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Recent deadly accidents are caused by state negligence
by DJKeefy » Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:31 am
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Recent deadly accidents are caused by state negligence; liberal party urges for new govt.
In light of many recent grave accidents, the liberal Free Egyptians Party says a salvation government is...
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I believe a new Priminister and Coalition Government will be in place withing 3 weeks, so hopefully things will start to pick up, the delays are unsettling.
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Last post by Chocolate Eclair
Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:43 pm
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Activists occupy Giza governorate HQ over water shortages
by DJKeefy » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:11 am
Members of the people's committee of Saft el Laban occupy the Giza governorate building vowing to stay in the building and its grounds until their town has water.
Saft el Laban - located in Giza...
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Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:11 am
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Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:15 am
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2 trains crash in Egypt after passengers tired of waiting...
by DJKeefy » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:52 am
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2 trains crash in Egypt after passengers tired of waiting put stones, logs on tracks.
Egyptian passengers fed up with waiting for their train to move put logs and rocks on the rails of a nearby...
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That's Journalism for you.. :tk
No, that's the new instant journalism for you – unchecked facts and speculation pushed out onto the net as quickly as possible. Good journalism is still around ......
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Last post by TonyC
Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:47 am
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Egypt's banks announce working hours during Ramadan
by DJKeefy » Wed Jul 18, 2012 5:01 am
There will be a shorter day in Egypt's banks and on the Egyptian Stock Exchange during the month of Ramadan.
During the month of Ramadan the working day for clients in Egypt’s banks will end at...
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Wed Jul 18, 2012 5:01 am
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Back to jail
by TonyC » Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:20 pm
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The public prosecutor ordered on Monday that former President Hosni Mubarak be moved back to prison after an improvement in his health that meant he no longer needed to stay in a military hospital,...
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Update: Mubarak returns to Tora Prison.
Security sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm that former President Hosni Mubarak was moved from the Maadi Military Hospital to the Tora Prison Hospital, after...
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Last post by DJKeefy
Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:26 pm
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Bedouins free kidnapped US tourists in Egypt
by DJKeefy » Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:54 am
Egyptian Bedouin tribesmen on Monday released two US tourists who had been held since Friday in the Sinai Peninsula, a senior security official told AFP.
The two have been released after...
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Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:54 am
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Let's all go on strike...
by DJKeefy » Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:02 am
All you seem to hear these days is about another strike in Egypt, It seems to be the in thing at the moment, from textile workers, public transportation workers, electricity workers, the police, oil...
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Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:02 am
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One voice, many mosques: As call to prayer is unified....
by DJKeefy » Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:20 am
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One voice, many mosques: As call to prayer is unified, muezzins defy government orders
Five times a day throughout Cairo, a group of mosque employees unplug small black boxes. Depending on who you...
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I like the idea of the call to prayer Synchronized (it seems many Egyptians do too), I dont mind the sound of the mosque, but when all 3 near us are going off at the same time it sounds horrible, its...
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Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:38 am
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Health Ministry to link medicine costs to prices abroad
by DJKeefy » Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:41 am
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On Tuesday, the Health Ministry decided to link the prices of medications sold locally to those in Europe, the Gulf and Canada and formed a government committee to examine prices.
The ministry...
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Most probably cannot afford it now!
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Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:30 pm
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No morality police in Egypt: Morsi spokesman
by DJKeefy » Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:08 am
Spokesman for Egypt's Islamist president says there are no organised 'morality police' operating in Egypt, vows to 'bring law to bear' against 'moral' vigilantism.
There is no 'Committee for...
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Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:08 am
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Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:25 pm
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FJP Official Statement on Increase in Foreign Tourism
by DJKeefy » Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:52 am
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Freedom and Justice Party Official Statement on Increase in Foreign Tourism.
In addition to the detailed and thoroughly researched Nahda (renaissance) Project, the FJP devises a plan to attract 25...
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Good luck Egypt.
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Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:40 am
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Religious vigilantes claim to have killed student in Suez
by DJKeefy » Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:58 pm
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Religious vigilantes claimed responsibility for the death of a Student in Suez on Facebook Monday, after attacking him for walking with his fiancée.
The student passed away in Ismailia University...
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I hope this is not the shape of things to come in Egypt :(
The writing is on the wall Keefy, the writing is on the wall. We are none of us safe anymore.
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Last post by WIZARD
Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:00 pm
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Armed forces distribute Ramadan bags in Daqahlia
by DJKeefy » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:07 pm
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The armed forces on Saturday started distributing bags of food for the needy at Belqas Sporting Club in Daqahlia Governorate, just ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Thousands flocked to...
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Do the armed forces distribute bags of food to all parts of Egypt for the month of Ramadan?
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:10 pm
