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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...
Egypt has confirmed its first case of a deadly coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of last year and has since spread to more than two dozen countries around the world.
Health...
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Egyptian citizen tested positive for virus after returning from Europe.
Egypt on Thursday confirmed its third case of the novel coronavirus amid the global spread of the disease, local media...
It may be positive news - but it's not for me to say...or to guarantee the accuracy of a) the initial information or b) the quality of the reporting. I cut and past the article as I saw it for your...
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In the absence of any official announcement, I would file this one in the bin... along with most of the other clickbait 'news' on Egypt Independent.
Umm Kulthum & the Golden Era is at the London Palladium on 2 March.
With a voice adored by Bob Dylan, Robert Plant and millions across the Arab world, Umm Kulthum rejected gender norms with her...
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The first time I ever heard this dear lady was one very late evening having a meal in the old Asswan Moon in Asswan some thirty years ago. The restaurant was quiet and peaceful, and if anything the...
Friends of Egypt support tourism to Egypt
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Traveling to Egypt in 2020? Here’s brand new places to visit
Ancient temples, haunted palace, museums, pyramids open for the first time
Experience the...
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It’s wonderful to hear that the Opet Temple is now open to the public; I bribed my way in there a few years ago, 2015 I think, at which point restoration work had been suspended for some time. It was...
Information for the over 60s - make of it what you will!
As I stated recently, I asked at the Alexandria passport office two weeks ago if it was true that you did not need to renew your visa if you...
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Flying out 2 weeks ago from Hurgharda picked the wrong queue, the head of Customs or somesuch.
He was taking time on all the passports, he took twice as long on mine,
As I was trying out this visa...
Egypt is preparing for the birth of its 100 millionth baby. The forecast was made by the digital population clock at the front of the headquarters of the Central Agency for Mobilization and...
