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Man sets himself on fire in protest at the state of the Egyptian economy.
The New Arab reported the man, said to be 30-year-old taxi driver Ashraf Mohammed Shaheen, started criticising the country’s...
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Awful and sad, but unlike the Tunisian example, where there was a direct link to government abuse and that man’s poverty, this might be different. Taxi drivers in Alex are not always the poorest of...
Its exam time again and the dirty, exploitative west has issued its report card (The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI)) on all the brave, poor and oppressed countries and found them wanting. :urm:...
Inside the neon palace that is Koshary Abou Tarek in downtown Cairo, the air smells of fried onions. Plates are heaped high with koshary, a traditional dish containing rice, macaroni and lentils...
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I dont know how people can afford decent food anymore, just rice, favor beans (Methane producing) and flat bread. Some diet, and a good recipe for future problems in health.
Unlike the amounts of...
The government has a new big initiative – encouraging Egyptians to speak English. It hasn't started well.
Unfortunately the title/slogan of the government campaign is grammatically/semantically...
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The Ministry of Education web site, well parts of it, can only be accessed if you have the correct password and yes they are pushing the speaking and reading of English. Not that it will do any good...
A member of the Egyptian parliament has defended FMG saying that it was necessary because Egyptian men were sexually weak. Well I suppose he should know.
His latest pronouncement is that all female...
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Doesn't surprise me at all that the majority of younger Egyptians were in favour of FMG. Until there is a programme of sexual education I can't see it changing.
CAIRO—It has been a bad week for pounds. The Egyptian pound hit a record low against the dollar on the black market Wednesday after the North African country’s central bank failed to devalue the...
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Well if I owned Facebook or Microsoft one could be less me me me until then.....
As there are 7 people working with me its a little less me.
Here is a recent think tank article on the current state of play on economic reform/IMF in Egypt.
Its written by the highly rated Middle East Institute. The, US based, Institute is long established,...
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Patience, whey hay!. I am sure there is plenty of that, in Luxor they have been patiently waiting for tourists for 5 years and are still patiently waiting. Wonder when the penny will drop.
Egypt's government has decided to hire private companies to manage, maintain and secure the area around the Pyramids of Giza, the Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported.
A meeting took place on...
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Brian - thank you very much - these old videos only make the point that the situation has got worse. The Pyramids are now a toilet. - without a toilet.
The investigating committee determines plane brought down by bomb.
Egyptian members still refuse to accept this conclusion.
Al-Masry Al-Youm
An international committee of experts investigating the...
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In Newcastle's first post the investigating committee stated that they thought that the bomb had been planted by an employee at Cairo Airport so the plane must have called in there?
Having used KLM flights a few times in the past to get me between the UK and Egypt, and recommended them to others as a possible alternative flight choice worth considering, I'm sad to read...
I just saw this article in the Egypt Independent online and my first reaction was 'What atrocity has happened now? Where they crushed amongst all those people thronging there?'. I am now wondering if...
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I thought so too. I remember some years ago someone I knew died on Haj and it was said at the time he would go directly to heaven. No questions asked.
Also if you die during Ramadan isn't that...
More than 14 million Egyptians above the age of 10 cannot read or write, said Egypt’s official statistics agency in a statement Wednesday.
Marking International Literacy Day, the Central Agency...
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The Bung a low roof on it joke is not new, it has been around in the Uk for at least 50 years that I know of, I am surprised so many had not heard of it before. The joke was that the bricklayer had...
Just been looking at the ferry service between Hurghada and Sharm if any one is interested-
Hurghada /Sharm
Monday leaves at 5am
Tues 8am
Thurs 9am
Saturday 9am
Sharm Hurghada
Sat leaves 5pm
Mon...
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Not has many beds as Luxor though hey Newc?........
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