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Mentioned on Trip Advisor the Egyptian pound has been devalued. So I guess we will see higher prices for everything from holidays, airfares to food.
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Initially when I first saw this 15% devaluation I was a little suprised, then I realised its pay up time on bond interest for all those wealthy Egyptian ex-pats investers who had plaughed billions of...
Egypt said on Wednesday that it has requested discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about a new programme that possibly includes additional...
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Maybe, this time round, the IMF will clarify that “ comprehensive economic reforms” do not include F15 fighters or new cities in the desert
Does anybody actually live in the 'new' city yet? I don't...
This year, Egypt is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the exceptional discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb, and the 200th anniversary of the deciphering of the Rosetta Stone that enabled the world...
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Fascinating….although it’s noticeable that nothing special is being organised for the anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb…..an event which effectively kick started Egypt’s mass...
Even those members in Egypt can’t have failed to notice that the news Is all about the new covid variant...omicron. Most of southern Africa has been put on Red Lists, by UK, Europe and USA....to the...
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With the temperature in Luxor today I wouldn't discount snow here, it's freezing.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in Egypt began on Saturday to enforcing an increase to the prices of butane gas cylinders. The increases are by LE 5 for household cylinders and LE 10...
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My energy bill went up this month by about 40%
I only used about 20% more Gas this month.
Oddly enough, LPG for cars is still reasonably priced in the garages, hovering at about 50% of petrol...
Woman, 45, who dumped husband for Egyptian toyboy, 24, devastated after he pockets £1.5k of cash & calls her ‘old & fat’.
WHEN Joanna Girling jetted out to Egypt in June 2018 with her husband, she...
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Most folk I come into contact from the Middle East (Egypt included) complain on how cold it gets here to the point some want to return home. Today is the first day of temperatures falling below 10c....
Egypt has allocated EGP 92.4 billion in public investments for the development of Upper Egypt in the current FY2021/2022, out of 1.25 trillion for the country’s total investments, Minister of...
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STARTING NEXT SUNDAY, NOT WEARING A FACE MASK IN PUBLIC COULD NET YOU AN IMMEDIATE EGP 50 FINE
Starting next Sunday, January 3rd, a new fine will be given to those who don't wear...
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I would see it as an advantage to wear a mask in Egypt for tourists, not for obvious reasons. Shades and a mask can aid against hassle. They see nothing they can read. Does or did the two metre rule...
Professor of Egyptology Ahmed Badran announced that the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum is slated for November, and will witness the grand debut of the Opera Tutankhamun.
During a phone-in...
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I first met 'the Prat in the hat way back on the Giza Plateau well over 20 years ago.
I have friends that have known him for even longer and locally to Luxor
the older generation can tell of many...
Upon rereading my old books on Egypt this popped into my mind.
The Hormoheb Hotel.
Many years ago I went shopping in Cairo with my hotel owning pal.
He said that he had once stayed in this hotel for...
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I've stayed at the Horemheb a few nights. Then I headed off to Khan El Khaliki. There is a Hotel up from the Horemheb in the direction of the pyramids if this is the same Horemheb on Pyramid Street....
Graduates of Egypt’s public medical schools lack basic medical skills for dealing with emergencies when they start work, due to outdated academic curricula and teaching methods, medical experts say....
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2.4 % vaccinated from the figures I can find.
And only 16400 deaths.
Quite startling really. The latter figure that is.
With those sort of figures maybe I should be taking my chances in Egypt. :wi...
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