Mara’s (Marie Vaughan) personal diary of daily life running a hotel in Luxor – Egypt as lived day to day, not as a destination: the people, the setbacks, the small victories, and the long relationship with a place she now calls home.
When a natural disaster or terrorist act occurs in a Western country like US or any European country – what happens? Within 24 hours local and government representatives are on world news channels and front pages of international newspapers. They take the attitude Britain took when the Nazis were dropping bombs on London in World…
Have you notice how we all have been glued to the TV’s since 30th June? Come on folks that is 40 days incl all of Ramadan – more than enough time in the desert. We won’t even talk about the paralysis we have been experiencing for the year 30 June 2012 – June 2013 or…
Let’s get to the root of my anger. Isn’t it romantic to be able to say “I survived a revolution!” Believe me there is nothing romantic about it – that is just a notion. The revolution of 2011 was not bad at all – to be honest I spent most of those days in Cairo…
In Jan 2011 a revolution happened in Egypt – where I live. Overnight my life was turned upside down, and my business disappeared. My rosy future disappeared. The same could be said for millions of Egyptians, especially those in the tourism industry. Looking back on it now, the last two and a half years have…
3 days ago I told you something exciting was happening and that I would tell you later – well here is the something exciting but it is more heartbreaking than exciting. The Souk (Market) people here have a kind of committee of which a young gentleman named Bekhiri is the spokesman (remember I met him…
Have you been to Luxor? We are trying, genuinely trying to make Luxor a really good, exciting and memorable experience for tourists. We all know that Luxor has it’s faults but, believe it or not, some people don’t want to admit we have problems. Would you take a few minutes to briefly tell us…
WORLD PUTTING EGYPT IN CONTEXT – WHAT IF PRESIDENT OBAMA DID WHAT MORSI DID? Jul. 31, 2013 10:12am TAREK RAGHEB Tarek Ragheb is an Egyptian American. A senior advisor to a US Aerospace Corporation and its former senior Vice President for 18 years. Currently is the founding Chairman of the African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA)…
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Protesters cheer with drums near a poster of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as they gather for a mass protest to support the army in Tahrir Square in Cairo, July 26, 2013. (photo by REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih ) By: Yasser Rizq Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm (Egypt). اقرا المقال الأصلي باللغة العربية I don’t recall ever having hesitated before writing…
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Had my first Akashic Records class with Pamela – it was wonderful! Then got my packing done and headed off to Hurghada at 11am. The apt in Hughada was lovely – with a small pool outside it’s door. Watching the news I found out that General Sisi had made a speech at the military…
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My young taxi driver, Ahmed – suffering from a combination of a late night out with friends, his Ramadan fasting (no food or water/drink from sunrise to sunset) and the 43 degrees Celsius heat picked me up from Mara House at 10am. However, none of the above was bothering him as much as a rumour…
Egyptian nationalism explodes onto international TV on 30th June 2013 and once again the world is running for their guns. What is it about Egyptian nationalism that worries the US and it’s European counterparts? I don’t know, I am just asking the question. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – “nationalism” is generally used to…
The following is copied from gulfnews.com Cairo: The news channel Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr saw 22 members of staff resign on Monday in Egypt over what they alleged was coverage that was out of sync with real events in Egypt. Anchor Karem Mahmoud announced that the staff had resigned in protest against what he called…
Orchestrated plan has come into operation in Egypt to make the international community believe Egypt is headed for civil war, discredit the Egyptian Army.
Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel Release Joint Statement on Ongoing Events in Egypt Jul 5, 2013 Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, released the following statement in response to ongoing events in Egypt: “The…
“Egypt has set a dangerous precedent for itself. By popular demand from the street they have overthrown the democratically President and …
Due to the fact that I have been in transit from Egypt to Ireland since 5pm yesterday I have had an enforced separation for the most of 17 hours from television and internet; ergo an enforced separation from the happenings in Egypt. Those hours have given me time to think from a distance. Over the…
The international media coverage and international governments’ reactions and responses to what is happening in Egypt today 3 July tells me something is not quite right in the world