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    Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Syndicate

  1. And now for a woman traveler's take on women in Egypt

    Thanks so much for all your comments as you’ve traveled along with me through Egypt. I’m struck by how much apparent ill will there is against Egypt and how people think I’m promoting aspects of Egypt that anger them. Egypt simply “is.” Rather than condemn or condone aspects of its culture, I’m experiencing it. Being here (as a tourist with enough money for a guide and good hotel) is no less safe than being in America. I’m loving it, but I would not personally take tours from my company here because it’s a bit rough for my “demographic.” I can hardly wait to return with my film crew next season.
    Thanks so much for all your comments as you’ve traveled along with me through Egypt. I’m struck by how much apparent ill will there is against Egypt and how people think I’m promoting aspects of Egypt that anger them. Egypt simply...

    Tags: Separation of Church and State, Minority Groups, Islam, Egypt

    2. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  2. Polio endgame? Bill Gates enlists funding from Islamic nations for final push to eradicate the crippling disease

    Seattle Times
    Stamping out polio has proved harder than anyone imagined, with the latest blow coming in the form of deadly attacks on health workers delivering vaccine in Pakistan and Nigeria. But despite the recent setbacks, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will join...

    Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Viral Diseases and Infections, Polio, Pakistan, Vaccines

    3. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. Former Egypt finance minister Boutros-Ghali gets life sentence

    Reuters
    CAIRO, April 23 (Reuters) - Former Egyptian finance minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali was sentenced in absentia to life in prison in a corruption case, a Cairo criminal court source said on Tuesday. He was finance minister under former president Hosni...

    Tags: Punishment

    4. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Syndicate

  4. Luxor: The City of Palaces

    Luxor is an hour’s flight up the Nile from Cairo. The name means “palaces” in Arab because it was the capital of Egypt from about 1500 to 1000 B.C. Important as the city was in the days of the pharaohs, only temples and tombs–structures for the gods and the dead–survive. Buildings for real people were made of mud brick–cooler, cheaper, and quick to wash away with time. But the temples (which were made of stone) and the tombs (which were carved underground) survive in an amazing state of repair.
    Luxor is an hour’s flight up the Nile from Cairo. The name means “palaces” in Arab because it was the capital of Egypt from about 1500 to 1000 B.C. Important as the city was in the days of the pharaohs, only temples and tombs–...

    Tags: Egypt, West Bank

    5. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Syndicate

  5. Alexandria, Egypt's 'Pearl of the Mediterranean'

    Most tourists in Egypt visit only Cairo and Luxor. Few visit Alexandria, just a three-hour drive away — the country’s second city, and one of the great cities of the Mediterranean. Egypt’s historical capital for almost a millennium, today the “Pearl of the Mediterranean” is a favorite summer getaway for locals who appreciate its cosmopolitan flavor and cooler climate. It’s like Cairo in its mega-millions intensity, but cleaner and quieter, and facing the Mediterranean instead of the Nile.
    Most tourists in Egypt visit only Cairo and Luxor. Few visit Alexandria, just a three-hour drive away — the country’s second city, and one of the great cities of the Mediterranean. Egypt’s historical capital for almost a millennium,...

    Tags: Egypt, Libraries, Rome (Italy)

    6. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Syndicate

  6. Open Letter to Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi

    Dear Mr. President,
    Dear Mr. President, I am a Protestant Christian, and a burden I bear all my life is what’s called the “Protestant work ethic.” I was just in your wonderful capital city, and my work ethic drives me to make a suggestion. Because I...

    Tags: Values, Tangier (Accomack, Virginia), Ethics

    7. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Syndicate

  7. Welcome to Cairo — Capital of the Arab World

    Vast as Cairo is, it’s a small world for the traveler when it comes to sights and tourist-friendly stops. Local guides, local friends, and both guidebooks I’m using all dip into the same tiny pool of a handful of sights, restaurants, cafés, parks, concert venues, and hotels in this teeming city of 17 million. Every time my guide takes me somewhere, I check my guidebook…and it’s there. Every time I see something in my guidebook I want to visit, my guide is taking me there anyway.
    Vast as Cairo is, it’s a small world for the traveler when it comes to sights and tourist-friendly stops. Local guides, local friends, and both guidebooks I’m using all dip into the same tiny pool of a handful of sights, restaurants, cafés,...

    Tags: Christianity, Museums, Islam, Egypt

    8. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Syndicate

  8. Egypt — Something different for a change

    I just flew from Seattle to Cairo. After being here for just a day, it seems like a week. Of course, I swung by the pyramids, got my mug shot with the Sphinx, and rode a camel. But the real fun has been feeling the pulse of post-revolutionary Egypt in the chaotic streets of ancient Egypt, nothing about life survives. No palaces — only tombs. But experiencing and exploring today’s Egypt is all about life: struggling, finessing, surviving, embracing.
    I just flew from Seattle to Cairo. After being here for just a day, it seems like a week. Of course, I swung by the pyramids, got my mug shot with the Sphinx, and rode a camel. But the real fun has been feeling the pulse of post-revolutionary Egypt in the...

    Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Hosni Mubarak, Tourism and Leisure, Islam, Egypt

    9. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Syndicate

  9. Shopping, Cairo-style

    While Cairo has modern suburban malls as glitzy as anything in Houston, and it has its 20th-century attempt at a European-style downtown, I like the dusty, donkey-cart world of the old Islamic city center. Khan el-Khalili, one of the largest markets in the Arab world, is a tourist magnet. And even today — with almost no tourism — it still feels touristy.
    While Cairo has modern suburban malls as glitzy as anything in Houston, and it has its 20th-century attempt at a European-style downtown, I like the dusty, donkey-cart world of the old Islamic city center. Khan el-Khalili, one of the largest markets in...

    Tags: Egypt, Breads, Television Industry, Trips and Vacations

    10. Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Syndicate

  10. Life these days in Cairo

    Cairo, “the city of a thousand minarets,” is the biggest city in Arab world (with 17 million people). And whether you’re wandering aimlessly through the market streets of its Islamic quarter or driving out of town through towering canyons of high-rise apartment flats, you can’t shake the sense that this city goes on forever.
    Cairo, “the city of a thousand minarets,” is the biggest city in Arab world (with 17 million people). And whether you’re wandering aimlessly through the market streets of its Islamic quarter or driving out of town through towering...

    Tags: Islam, Egypt

    11. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Syndicate

  11. Muslim Brotherhood rules?

    With the power of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, I can’t help but wonder about changes creeping into public life here. (To envision this in the USA, imagine if Pat Robertson won the presidency and his friends controlled Congress.)
    With the power of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, I can’t help but wonder about changes creeping into public life here. (To envision this in the USA, imagine if Pat Robertson won the presidency and his friends controlled Congress.) Like...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Islam, Egypt, Breads, Turkey

    12. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Syndicate

  12. Party poolside back at the hotel

    Touring Egypt’s museums, great mosques, and towering monuments of the pharaohs is a delight. And simply roaming the streets of Cairo day and night is a thrill and a joy for any traveler who likes his culture off the stage and in his face. But the typical American traveler to Cairo will need a refuge. While I like to think I’m a rugged traveler, to be honest, I’m able to thoroughly enjoy Cairo only because I have the refuge of a towering international-class hotel. Waiting a moment while the trained dogs sniff the tires of my taxi as it passes through the hotel gate is my pleasure.
    Touring Egypt’s museums, great mosques, and towering monuments of the pharaohs is a delight. And simply roaming the streets of Cairo day and night is a thrill and a joy for any traveler who likes his culture off the stage and in his face. But the...

    Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Coca-Cola Co., Tourism and Leisure, Coca-Cola, Egypt

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