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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of Egypt’s public medical schools lack basic medical skills for dealing with emergencies when they start work, due to outdated academic curricula and teaching methods, medical experts say....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...
The decision of the Ministry of Tourism regarding dealing with the tourist during their stay in Egypt or any tourist area in Egypt.
The decision stipulates that it is not allowed to accompany...
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We used to travel all over the place in those white mini buses, all reasonably new and every trip contained at least 3 Egyptians on board. Had to go through many checkpoints, never had any problems...
Egypt is to scrap testing for all fully vaccinated travellers, including arrivals from the UK.
The health ministry confirmed that double jabbed visitors can forgo the current requirement to present...
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I met a friend for lunch today and she was saying how she had got a last minute couple of tickets for Wimbledon tomorrow. She said they needed to take their Covid vaccine appointment cards with them,...
The latest lunacy project....a suspension bridge over Lake Nasser.
Wazir said that a contract will soon be signed to build the longest suspension bridge over Lake Nasser to accommodate the railway...
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Back in January 2019 the then chief minister at the F.C.O., (or should I now call it F.C.D.O.), a man called Boris Johnson, suggested it might be a good idea to build a bridge across the English...
Red list countries and territories
What you must do if you have been in a country or territory on the red list in the 10 days before you arrive in England.
If you have been in a country or...
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It may be the UK has come to realise, the Covid infections and deaths are numbers that are not reliable, due to sunset burials without proper examinations and due to the lack of IT boffins it must...
The Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt on Tuesday has delayed the application of new prices for foreigner visit fees to archaeological sites and museums until May 2022.
This came during a...
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The headline is a bit misleading! its not free, just the increases in fees are delayed :roll: Egypt knows how to attract the tourists back :D
A few days ago I was looking at some photographs I had of the happy and interesting visits to Garagous Pottery. This evening I have seen this article. I hope that some kind of intervention can take...
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What a shame we still have got a lot of pottery from our numerous visits there.
At least 32 people have been killed after two trains collided close to the Nile-side town of Tahta, around 230 miles south of Cairo.
The country's railway authority said emergency brakes in the...
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Egypt allocates EGP 225bn for development of railway transportation system. All outdated trains will be replaced by 2021 end: Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir
More than 30 nations on Friday signed on a scathing condemnation of Egypt’s record of human rights abuses under rule of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, a staunch partner of the west and an...
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“We remain deeply concerned about the trajectory of human rights in Egypt,” said a statement issued by Kirsti Kauppi, the Finnish ambassador to the human rights council
Dealing with coronavirus: Atypical answers in Egypt
Some of the larger questions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic have been met with atypical answers in Egypt.
Dina Ezzat , Saturday 13 Feb...
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And this from the Egypt Independent:
Meteorologists predict moderately warm weather on Sunday over Cairo, Lower Egypt, and northern Upper Egypt, moderate weather on the northern coasts during the...
Egypt will soon inaugurate the first archaeological replicas factory in Egypt and in the region as part of efforts to fight the spread of Chinese-made products in the local markets....
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I can’t recall seeing any tourist replicas with Chinese features....but the ancient Egyptians were a funny looking lot....
While negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have been brought to a standstill, Cairo is channeling its efforts to preserve the waters of the Nile by supporting local...
The Egyptian Air Authority announced the return of Russian tourism to Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada next March 28 where Russian Nord Wind operates 4 flights per week.
The Egyptian...
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So that's a No then, is it ?
They held bloody good parties them Russians, over in their guest lodge in Qourm Lola,
loads of vodka & caviar and singing, amazing bunch.
Bet all their caricatured faces...
SHOPS WILL NOW BE FINED UP TO EGP ONE MILLION FOR SELLING WITHOUT AN INVOICE
Shops will now be required to give their customers an invoice, or receive a fine of up to EGP one million. If the offense...
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Your right Dusak it applies to Egyptians too, my bawab went to buy a new water heater for me, I had asked the bawab make sure you get a receipt but the shop owner refused to give him one, the box was...
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