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Egypt dipped deeper into its rapidly shrinking currency reserves Thursday, fighting to slow a sliding pound that is likely to push up inflation and risks reigniting popular unrest.
Visiting Luxor in December, I had an interesting experience which I'll pass on here for the enlightenment/amusement of fellow members.
In a hurry to check something in the Luxor temple, I went in...
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It is a well known scam. At the passport office they once mistook a fifty piastres note for a fiver and I did not check, but found out later. I have already posted about the very experienced con man...
Finance Minister Momtaz al-Saeed said changes to taxation, including the increased taxes on some goods, will be applied in January, following the end of a period of community dialogue.
Travelers to and from Egypt will not be allowed to have more than $10.000 or its equivalent on them. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi modified the central bank law in order to tighten foreign...
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I tend to agree, foreign money would be an asset to Egypt given the exchange rate, although not as bad as it was in 2007, when you could get almost 12LE to the UKP.
The Salafist Nour Party to endorse political truce for specific period in order to reactivate economy.
Nader Bakkar, the official spokesperson for the Salafist Nour Party, announced during a...
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How's tourism doing at the moment anyway?
I've heard that the Nile cruises are busy,busy,busy!
I tend to take that news with a pinch of salt!
They may devalue the Egyptian LE,but I don't really see...
New flight routes will be begin operating on 20th December, to cover all regions of the country at lowered prices, Civil Aviation Minister Samir Embaby Metwaly said Sunday.
“It will have a positive...
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Ah!!! Hurghada the 3rd largestr Airport in Africa, show where the tourists are going nowadays.
Regarding Christmas and New Year the Should be Busy Times looks like Luxor has been cancelled again....
Egypt’s High Judicial Elections Commission announced the final results of the referendum on the new constitution, with the official “yes” vote amounting to 63.8 percent.
Samir Abul Maati, head of...
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which showed an approval rate of 64 percent.
Isn't it great? Following the West's usual dishonesty with electoral calculations, pupils from the Alastair Campbell 'School of Spin' have infiltrated...
After two tiresome election phases, Egypt's contentious draft constitution passed with 64 per cent approval ratings.
Around 10.5 million Egyptians endorsed the bill, a number that is lower than...
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Well it appears the majority have voted for Morsi and the constitution, irrespective of what they may say, it is well known that most of the Egyptians in Luxor follow the local crowd, so what they...
Sexual abuse in Egypt is a great taboo but it is the victims who pay the price for society’s intolerance.
At the base of the hill known as Dowieka mountain on the outskirts of Cairo lies a...
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AND as Egyptian society sanctions this under the laws of the land - then HOW does an Egyptian even recognize 'child abuse' when this form of it is sanctioned under matrimonial law?
Ahram Online compiles the full unofficial results of the constitution referendum's first round.
Note: All results are from governorates' presiding judges, except Cairo's, which are from the tallies...
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The wannabe politicians will have their second chance in the second round (remember they objected to the short time to prepare for the first round so the split rounds should have some benefit for...
“The children we deprive today of their childhood, will deprive us from their youthful energies in the future” Dr Samar Youssef
Old Cairo is home to the famous Magra el-Oyoun aqueduct (dating to...
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Your right Teddyboy even though we might be saddened and disagree with underage workers, after speaking with a few Egyptians today they all said Many families wont survive if the younger ones dont...
As the IMF $4.8 billion loan falls through amid Egypt's worsening political crisis, head of research at EFG-Hermes investment bank warns of rising inflation and sudden devaluation until finance deal...
Fighting has erupted again in Alexandria between supporters of President Mohamed Morsy and their opponents, only shortly after police had brought an earlier round of clashes under control.
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