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The Nile at Aswan

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By zindarood | Views [229] | Scholarship Entry

Here the Nile is so wide it jars with our landlocked imagination. On a felukka in the river between the banks of Aswan you're entirely unprepared for the width of water. Islands intersperse the oceanscape, like pockets of high land after a postapocalyptic ... Read more >

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inside history

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By noend | Views [138] | Scholarship Entry

Last year I visited the historic city of Luxor, wandered among the antique temples under the warm sun, life there are many delicious made from different countries several colors

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The secret in Pharaoh's sand

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By ahmedwassef | Views [232] | Scholarship Entry

We are four guys living hundred miles away from Al-Fayoum desert. On the weekend we agreed to finally visit this part of the desert and enjoy the ultimate peace. On Friday morning, when the Egyptians weekend starts, we have met at the bus meeting point.... Read more >

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Tombs Transcend Great Pyramids of Giza

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By curly_sue10 | Views [136] | Scholarship Entry

“I don’t care about history” I used to lament. Give me great food, show me impressive architecture but please don’t drone on about historical significance. Luxor is a location of undeniable historical significance and the Valley of the Kings is downright ... Read more >

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Sunny Sinai (Non-Biblical Story)

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By ennepress | Views [210] | Scholarship Entry

It was late when our bus headed to the Saint Catherine's Monastery. Any questions about that place? Well, you'd better Google it, but I'll tell you, that there's this wellknown Burning Bush built at the site where Moses (Google it!) is supposed to have ... Read more >

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Sound and light show

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By pharaoh | Views [111] | Scholarship Entry

Last January I went on a trip to Luxor, Egypt , Although it was winter the wither was warm and kind of hot , i liked putting on my summer cloth again. On my tour I went to the temple of Karnak , one of the oldest and greatest temples in the whole world ... Read more >

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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By nomadicplantsman | Photo Gallery

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Like a Local in Cairo

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By nomadicplantsman | Views [217] | Scholarship Entry

I found myself standing at the entrance of a dirt street, standing among the debris of the horse- drawn carts passing me by. The air was pungent; the scent of death, decay and sweat wafted past me in the ever-so-slight breeze. The map did not show this ... Read more >

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Alone

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By the_arabian_nomad | Views [127] | Scholarship Entry

After 14 hours of sitting in the train doing nothing, Memo finally reached his destination. It was about mid-night when he reached Aswan –a city in the southern of Egypt- but that didn’t banned him from going to watch the most important thing in Aswan ... Read more >

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The Romantic Pharaoh

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By sallyadel | Views [179] | Scholarship Entry

In the middle of the River Nile, going to The Nubian Village in Aswan, the captain stopped the boat, and started to shake it to right and left in a crazy way! We knew it was a punishment to force the boys to step down the roof, and stop dancing, and they ... Read more >

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three smiles above desolation level

Sun, 24 May 2015 | By metanoia | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry

"Come, I'll lead to the wedding" said a little girl directly after grabbing me from my hand. One week before that night, a friend told me that "real life usually appears where people don't look". So when the tour guide suggested us a tour in kom ombo ... Read more >

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Photos: Sunrise in Karnak

Sat, 23 May 2015 | By ephemeral | Photo Gallery


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Humanity

Thu, 21 May 2015 | By goodtimes | Views [173] | Scholarship Entry

humanity is the reason why we are kind to each other , if we consider it in our life , that would be awesome . Today , on my way home . A Syrian young woman rode the bus , her face has carried all the expressions of injustice and oppression , she asked ... Read more >

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Ebb And Flow

Wed, 20 May 2015 | By kareem | Views [167] | Scholarship Entry

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Like any typical Egyptian family, every summer holiday we go to the beach. We headed to Ras Sedr that year (an Egyptian town on the Red Sea coast). I remember the smell of sweat of fourteen members of my family ... Read more >

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Abu Simbel experience

Tue, 19 May 2015 | By garyburroughs | Views [523] | Scholarship Entry

The sun rises over the Western Desert as the train gently chugs out of Luxor on its 220 km journey south to Aswan. As I settle in for the 3 hour journey a minaret suddenly bursts into life, and the melodious words of the Muezzin calling the faithful to ... Read more >

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