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• Egypt Revolution – who did what? what next?

  02/02/2011 / My Life in Egypt

  Egypt (and the world) needs to ask some investigative questions. 1.  Who are the faceless organisers of this present situation?  Please don’t try to tell me it was a spontaneous popular outburst. 2.  Who has gained out of this situation?  […]

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• The Egyptian Economy & President Mubarak

  02/02/2011 / My Life in Egypt

  Nobody will dispute that the first thing a country, any country or state needs is political, religious and economic stability.  Granted the economic aspect has not been as quick in it’s evolution as many would like.  But economic growth depends […]

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• Egypt – How bad is it, really?

  02/02/2011 / My Life in Egypt

  Much of the media is focusing us on the negative so I am going to try to shine a little light and  balance!!  But to understand we need to be willing to take a deep breath and leave our emotions […]

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  Autumn has finally arrived in Luxor – yippee!

  08/10/2010 / My Life in Egypt

  6.45 am this morning, 22 degrees celsius and I was woken up by a giant balloon passing before my eyes….what was it?  Just one of the early morning balloon flights coming into land on the next street……. – supposed to […]

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• Searching for something of Ancient Egypt? See with the eyes of a child!

  16/09/2010 / Who is Mara?

  Over the years I had been coming to Egypt and especially since I came to live here in 2003 I had become curious about the actual people whom we refer to as the “Ancient Egyptians”   (Even in school I could […]

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  Egypt, Ramadan Rant – Turning night into day

  09/09/2010 / My Life in Egypt

  As the days go by I spend more and more time thinking to myself “I don’t know, I just don’t know”  What is Ramadan?  I’m not really sure.  I know it is both a difficult time and a wonderful time […]

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• A bag of SAND is replacing my luggage on the plane?

  05/09/2010 / My Life in Egypt

  Isn’t it wonderful?  Just when you think you’ve heard it all – along comes a revelation like this.I’ve been under the impression that the airlines were trying to conserve fuel (for the sake of the environment) so they wanted us […]

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• New Metro Store in Luxor -CHAOS!

  31/07/2010 / My Life in Egypt

  Metro Supermarket opened in Luxor last night…..much to everyone’s delight and mine….until I tried to buy some stuff there today!  It’s fantastic….cheaper prices across the board, great selection of everything from fruit to household cleaners BUT especially welcome to me […]

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