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A sewage worker in Egypt unblocking the drains without any protective clothing/tools.
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Bin there, done that, although I never used this particular method. :sk A really s****y job. I was surprised to see that he didn't have a cig clenched between his teeth. :lol:
Egypt on Thursday raised electricity prices by more than 40 percent, its latest move on the road to lifting all subsidies and complying with demands by the International Monetary Fund for a $12...
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And locked doors, closed shutters when bills are brought around. :lol:
Egypt taxes gifts brought in by travellers
July 6, 2017 at 1:49 pm
The Egyptian government’s decision to impose taxes on goods and gifts brought by passengers coming in to the country as of 1 July...
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On one occasion, (and this was done quite accidentally without any forethought or pre-planning) my suitcase was opened up, and I was asked what was concealed in the uppermost plastic bag. On being...
UKNOWN HIPPOCRATES RECIPES ACCIDENTALLY FOUND IN ST. CATHERINE’S MONASTERY ON MT. SINAI
Sinai Peninsula, July 7, 2017
A 6th century AD manuscript containing recipes of the “father of medicine,”...
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You do have to wonder how much more information exists in these monastery archives. These places were a great source of written knowledge and a lot of today’s understanding of ancient history is down...
In my limited experience he is on line a lot of the time.
Not everyone might appreciate his direct, empirical and acerbic approach, but I do.
He has been missing for a week or so and, as far as I...
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I have it on good authority that our friend is abroad lecturing on the care and conservation of Old Kingdom phalluses. Being one of the foremost experts in this somewhat arcane field he is much in...
June 29 2017 Egypt hiked fuel prices by up to 50 percent to help meet the terms of a $12 billion IMF loan deal, a sharper rise than expected by many struggling with soaring living costs and a further...
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Keefy has a later post on electricity prices – this comment applies to both and gas as well.
Basically most utilities have been provided for decades AT LESS THAN THE COST OF PRODUCTION to the whole...
Census workers going door to door in Egypt's teeming neighborhoods and crowded towns are discovering a new country — of more than 20 million people born in the last decade alone.
Family planning...
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And one of the points raised is the main problem. The need for a boy in the family. If non the first time, they will keep having them until one arrives. My friends recently married family members are...
Egypt is more than doubling monthly food subsidies, to 50LE per person from 21LE now, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday.
Egypt has been hit by soaring inflation since it floated its...
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The new fitness and health center across from me that opened a few months back seems to be doing a roaring business going off how many women are willing to sit outside waiting for a place inside. Of...
Egypt's education ministry has announced new amendments to a law toughening penalties for cheating and other violations during nationwide school exams, following repeated incidents of online leaking...
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Going of some of the young individuals I've met here, even if they had all the answers in front of them, they would still fail the exam. :lol:
Well not recently. But in the past he was, and with an interest in Egypt which predated his first visit and continued after his last.
He did do this sketch of the el Luxor Hotel in 1978 or 1979...
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I'm not a lover of art, with the exception of those matchstick men :up But what is art? Those landscapes and portraits of yesteryear, images of land , sea and air from similar periods? These, to me,...
Egypt removes mention of 2011 uprising from school curriculum.
Egypt has removed mention of the events of 25 January 2011 revolution and the military coup of 30 June 2013 from the history...
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Concerning the war, we were both watching a documentary about it a few weeks back. She insisted that Egypt had won and no arguments by me would persuade her to believe otherwise. Why? Because all...
According to this Egyptian commercial news web-site there have been:
‘57 blocked since May 24, according to the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression, a non-government...
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If Egypt's security services, or their officers in Luxor, were monitoring MT's motorcycle club they may have been more concerned with the 'mental health issues' of anyone hoping to change the...
Over the past few years, the country has been rapidly turning to desalination to meet its most pressing water needs. It started when the government put developers on notice that if they wanted to...
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Meanwhile ignoring this dirty great big river that runs into the Med. :|
The government has prepared a draft law to amend some provisions of Law No. 147 of 1984 to impose a fee for the development of the state's financial...
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Seems a good way to always aliviate traffic congestion. I find it hard to understand what the government is trying to do they do not seem to have a great deal of idea on anything, and they keep...
Cairo airport's security screening starts at the door to the terminal buildings. Only passengers are allowed in. Even before check-in, they have to put their belongings through the large scanners,...
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But I'm minded now always to keep a tampon in my pocket at airport security to bring more women into the fold.
A glutton for punishment :lol:
Surely the sensible place to keep your tampons is in...
The Egyptian authorities evacuated a 13-floor building in eastern Alexandria in the early hours of Wednesday morning after it toppled over to lean on the building opposite.
Civil protection...
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Leaning building in Alexandria partially demolished
Reports indicate that the building subsided after additional floors were illegally added to it, weakening its foundations
Ahram Online ,...
Senior officials resign from Supreme Tourism Council, call for Minister’s sacking
Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed’s policies are the reason why Egypt's tourism is in a “poor condition”, say officials...
The Brief History Of A Thousand-Year-Old Tradition
Ramadan is one of the most anticipated events of the Islamic year around the world, one that bears symbols of spirituality, forgiveness,...
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Got my fanoos shining outside my home, sad to say a lot of them are being replaced by fairy lights. Just not the same and here on the west bank there doesn't seem to be the same tradition of...
The Misaharaty (Musaharati) is one of the oldest, most deep-rooted traditions found during Ramadan. El Misaharaty is the name given to the person who walks and beats a drum in residential areas to...
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I was wondering how big an area he was supposed to cover each time. At the pace he's going I fear the first people to hear him are going to be early to prayer, and the last ones somewhat late! ;)
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