Where oil, salt and cumin are the main ingredients
One of our tour guides from Fowa (look it up in the Nile Delta…..) asked me recently why foreigners do not “know” beans! This…
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Where fashion abounds
What do women wear in Muslim countries? Your answer to this question is probably completely inaccurate! Most of us foreigners tend to have very…
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Where bread is life, and life is about getting bread
What is your staple food? Most of us “agaenib” (Arabic for foreigners) have forgotten what it is like to be in a country that…
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the beautiful, and the not-so beautiful!
When many of us are thinking about our first trip to Egypt, our minds are full of pictures: *ancient Egypt *majestic Pharaohs *Anthony and…
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where a green light does not necessarily mean “GO”
One of the main things that: * shock * stress * confuse * frighten * & horrify first-time visitors to Egypt, (and yes, even…
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