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What is life like in Egypt at the moment, is it really that bad for the Egyptians? I talk most days to many Egyptians from all walks of life and they all say it is really bad and lots of Egyptians...
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I do not think that there has been a big increase in such crimes as highlighted, even with today's slumping economy, there are still far more honest people about than the chancres seen above. It...
There is no power but from God , That is the caption of this video which was taken during Easter in Egypt, it looks like quite a few drowned, bringing God in to everything they do is why so many get...
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All the Abrahamic religions believe in an all-seeing, all-powerful deity and the question why do bad things happen is probably the most difficult one for believers to wrestle with.
Knowing little is less of a predicament than being completely misinformed, while confidently believing that you know it all. Egyptians, unfortunately, believe that they know a lot, but they are not...
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Its no longer PC to call a dragon puff. :lol:
It's o.k. to call a dragon puff a blast of hot air.
Egypt’s cabinet approved on Monday a decision to impose a nationwide state of emergency for three months starting 10 April at 1 pm.
In a statement issued on Monday, the cabinet explained the reasons...
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What happens at DEFON 1 ?
Sit on the floor, assume the Lotus position, place your thumb and index finger on each hand together, lower you head all the way, and kiss your ar5e goodbye.... :ks
The following article appeared in the Daily Mail Online today and the content is repeated in other UK papers and has been mentioned on UK TV. It's also receiving a lot of attention on social media....
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Im not suggesting everyone should don a concrete coat and batten down the hatches but regardless of what anyone may think about Israel and its policies, if this story is accurate i would not dismiss...
A source with the Electric Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency announced that the agency has finalized proposals on a new increase in electricity rates, expected to be applied starting...
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Mine is, between 550Le-650LE every month. The man says its my fault for using it, so, in agreement I have turned off my astral telescope that I was using to view outer galaxies. Amazingly my wheel...
Samih Sawiris on the origins of what started as a playground for him and some friends, but what has developed into a town...and Egypt's premier tourist resort .
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Great film cheers for that.
They say he can often be seen around asking guests about El Gouna...
It's great for a stop over and on the surface seems a success, but talking to many business people...
As I'm alone with the cat for a few weeks I thought I might treat myself to a bit of luxury at El Gouna - La maison Bleue. I've often passed in on the way to the kite surfing beaches.
It...
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Watching a TV programme last night on worldwide hotels and the one featured was in Singapore. A 'basic' room there would have cost £350 per night.
Former president Mubarak has been acquitted of the charges in connection with deaths at the time of the 2011 revolution and has now been released. There is an ongoing inquiry into possible corruption...
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The former autocrat ruled Egypt from 1981 until a popular uprising ousted him on 11 February 2011
Bet its not so popular an uprising now :tk
Interesting. I must get down there before the bulldozers arrive :urm:
Official Maket Design for New Aswan City
Following President Abdel Fattah Sisi’s visit to Aswan, attention to the Southern...
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Well he obviously flew in and didnt travel by road. The road between Luxor and Aswan in my personal experience is the worst road Ive travelled in Egypt between major cities. the journey takes twice...
His comments came after hundreds of people took to the streets in protests across the country over cuts to bread subsidies.
An Egyptian general told the Egyptian people to stop complaining about...
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Exactly JL, maybe he should read up a little on his history, when those that have everything tell those that have nothing to stop complaining then one can predict another revolution on the way. 8)
A video captured by a store’s surveillance camera on Thursday showing a car run over citizens in a narrow street in Egypt has gone viral.
The footage reveals a car speeding in one of the streets of...
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Yesterday my friends sister phoned her to say that they had passed the body of a male dead in the center of the road, covered in newspapers outside the large Christian church. The place was swarming...
In its weekly meeting Wednesday, the Cabinet approved the proposed electronic visa project, to be ready by May.
The project aims to renovate the passport and immigration system to keep pace with the...
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I made a mistake on my last Turkish visa after I had paid for it, I manage to get my own name wrong.... :br
I managed to edit said visa and printed it out, but it mattered not, as no one ever asked...
Interesting interview on BBC HARDTALK with film director Mohamed Diab.
Available in i-Player :
And, for those of us in Egypt, on Podcast :
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Whilst wiling my time away in El Gouna, I watch the adverts on TV which I refuse to accommodate in Luxor.
It has been drawn to my attention that Islam is slipping ever so quietly into the mad...
Going to and from Hurghada through the desert there are numerous pylons, some are big and some smaller, all have cables or wires connecting each to the other. There are also what looks like pylons,...
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