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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By centuryfox20 | Photo Gallery
Spring 2009
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By egyptianized | Views [526] | Scholarship Entry
As an inhabitant of El-Menoufeia which is the home city for the Ex-President Mubarak, we weren't involved in politics at all; most of the public sectors & governmental managers belonged to it which created the gap between the city and both the other ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By veronica | Photo Gallery
Aswan souk, beautiful Sahara dunes, verdant Nile delta from a hot air balloon, Oct., 2010
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Fri, 25 Mar 2011 | By persianbebe | Views [224] | Scholarship Entry
Stepping out of the taxi, I hand the driver a crumpled £5 note through the passenger side window. He glances down at it for a moment and without much warning puts the taxi into gear and begins to drive away. A plumb of black exhaust explodes out of ... Read more >
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Sun, 20 Mar 2011 | By veronica | Views [561] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
“Gosh, a funeral procession!” exclaims my English companion, with typical understatement. The air instantly grows heavy. A hundred men shuffle behind a rickety wooden bier. Inside lies a body shrouded in white linen. “Unusual,” says an Egyptian ... Read more >
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Mon, 14 Mar 2011 | By southerncross | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 14 Mar 2011 | By southerncross | Views [186] | Scholarship Entry
The jolt of the van as it sped along the darkened highway made sleep impossible. Squinting, I could just make out the heads of the five Dutch tourists in front bobbing about as the van passed over another pothole. My brother and I, the youngest of ... Read more >
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Thu, 24 Feb 2011 | By divebunnie | Views [558]
So having lived in Egypt for a few years, we have been well aware of the reality of this "Democratic" government here. We have seen for ourselves the terrible poverty in which many people live, and discovered how whilst we were able to roam ... Read more >
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Sat, 5 Feb 2011 | By taroso | Views [1321] | Comments [1]
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 I returned to southwest Cairo after two nights in Bahariya Oasis, and as my taxi crawled up the road along the west bank of the Nile I noted the presence of a number of blue vans, with riot police inside or milling about.... Read more >
Fri, 4 Feb 2011 | By tweber | Views [596]
I think now that I am finally
out of Egypt I can write about it. The day I arrived back in Cairo from the White Desert things
were calm. They told me that there had been some protests the day before but
things were Ok now. So I rested for ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Feb 2011 | By huw-and-rose | Views [1078]
It was certainly never part of the original plan, but Egypt became our home for seven months. That glorious, sweltering first month in Siwa oasis, good times in Alex, Cairo and at the ecofarm in Ras Sudr, and then of course five heavenly months in ... Read more >
Sun, 30 Jan 2011 | By taroso | Views [681]
[NOTE: The paragraphs below were written in mid January, well before the current crisis, but I had a lot of trouble with the shape of the posting; the solution was to excise about 3/4 of what was written, including the fifth expatriate ... Read more >
Fri, 28 Jan 2011 | By huw-and-rose | Views [1300]
I read the news today, oh boy. It seems the recent Tunisian troubles are spreading. For two days, the people here in Egypt have showed their anger at the rising food prices, high unemployment and governmental corruption at protests on the streets ... Read more >
Thu, 27 Jan 2011 | By tweber | Views [523]
Started the morning out by catching a bus to Baharia Oasis where I start my trip into the White Desert. It was 5-hour bus ride right through the desert. Once we left the city, it was nothing but brown desert with one rest house about half way there.... Read more >
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 | By tweber | Views [425]
Life is delicious!, as my
driver says. I started the day out by meeting my camel at the stables and
riding in the back way of the Giza pyramids. This was a great way to first see
the pyramids on the back of a camel on the desert side of the pyramids ... Read more >
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