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Egypt bread riots: Protests erupt after subsidy cut hits poor.
Egyptians took to the streets in several cities on Tuesday in angry demonstrations at government cuts to bread subsidies in the face of...
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Bet we don't see a reduction in the number of kids being born - they never help themselves and never take responsibility for their woes. Let them eat cake.
The mega shopping centre - Mall of Egypt - opens tomorrow.
Think Westfield or Bluewater......with artificial ski slopes.
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Have to say, I am envious of them. Would such a construction benefit Luxor? Don't know, but it would benefit me having a proper cinema and branded goods shops on my doorstep. But alas poor Yorick,...
Egypt’s state oil firm, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), is eyeing four major global consulting firms for the development of a medium-term reform strategy for the Ministry of...
MALL OF EGYPT IS FINALLY OPENING ON MARCH 2ND AND IT HAS THE COUNTRY'S FIRST EVER INDOOR SNOW PARK
15/02/2017
Egypt is about to become home to one of the biggest malls in the...
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Before the big new Thebes development when the land there was practically being given away, I did a feasibility study on developing in Luxor a theme park similar to the Dream Park in Cairo, which was...
I know your supposed to leave Hurghada before sunset to travel to Luxor but does anyone know if there are the same restrictions about travel to Hurghada, I am travelling soon and want to arrive about...
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi announced on Saturday a number of government decisions including the establishment of an authority for the development of Upper Egypt, which is tasked with...
Health minister Ahmed Emad said the cabinet approved decision to raise prices for 3,000 medicines; as of Thursday.
This is the second wave of increasing medicines prices in less than one year. In...
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Nevertheless, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi affirmed last year that the military’s activities accounted for less than two percent of the country’s overall economic output.
Egypt’s greatest football player has been placed on the terror list and can’t travel.
This follows the freezing of his assets in 2015.
Mohamed Aboutrika formerly of the al-Ahly club and 2000...
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Football is a well regulated activity in Egypt with all types of controls. For example, The Huffington Post reported a few months ago that crowds attending Egyptian soccer matches have been banned...
Has anybody here used NileAir? They appear to run flights between Luxor and Cairo several days a week, and fares look to be reasonable. So far as I can tell baggage (30kg hold + 7kg hand baggage) is...
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Long before the Internet age, if you booked a return ticket to, for example, London and return to Cairo or Luxor, or in fact to many other places, you paid a hell of a lot less than buying your...
Egypt travel advice
09-12-2016 15:42 PM GMT
Latest update: Summary - on 9 December 2016 there was an explosion on Pyramid Road in Giza, killing at least 6 police officers; you should remain vigilant...
Marcel Maesson speaks on Saturday 19th November, 2016, at 7pm at Nile Valley hotel. The lecture is free, but you are invited to purchase a drink from the bar.
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I have no idea what happened to the screen and I do believe you lend it to Marcel? Wine and beer prices have exploded as well as all the taxes have gone up, but the price for beer and wine are the...
Egypt's new capital city moved a step closer to reality with the announcement that Chinese developers will largely fund the megaproject.
The China Fortune Land Development Company (CFLD) agreed to...
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This is the story which just keeps on giving.
The Army is developing the new administrative capital and with 20 lane highways – bit odd for a country with some of the lowest car ownership in the...
Posters probably know about the Internet Archive and its collection of out of copyright books, music and ephemera available for download.
For those who don’t, here is a very small sample of the...
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Thanks for posting Hafiz, as you say it is a huge resource site and I agree it is a bit difficult to navigate, although maybe spending more time there would help. Dowloading a book with text and...
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