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Playing Cards in Cairo (Jonathan Fryer)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:13:32 GMT

Many fiction writers have finessed the concept of ‘literature as place’. Thus Cairo, the biggest city in both Africa and the Arab world, has featured as a principle ‘character’ in books as varied as Alaa Al Aswany’s The Yacoubian Building and Olivia Manning’s Levant Trilogy. Now the British journalist (and author of a notable book on [...]

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A Walk Around Downtown Cairo (Travelblog)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:15:13 GMT

So I'm finally here at Cairo after 16 hours of flying and a 12 hour layover in between. The layover itself was actually quite an experience... They have these awesome free showers at Seoul Airport and I really do think I could live in one of those bathrooms for about a month. It's like a luxurious prison cell. I did have a few issues with the Subway sandwich that I bought myself though. What...

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Report: Cairo warns Hamas of Israeli attacks (Ynet News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:26:18 GMT

Egypt has warned Hamas leaders that Israel may target them if the organization refuses to compromise on its inflexible stance in the negotiations to secure the release of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit – Hamas officials are quoted as telling the London-based 'Al-Quds Al-Arabi' newspaper.The sources report a genuine schism has developed between Hamas and Cairo - which is mediating the...

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Notes on "WWF: Collaboration Case Study" (Cairo Walker, Step Two Designs) (Michael's Thoughts)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:05:46 GMT

Cairo (from Step Two Designs) is talking about her recent work with the WWF on collaboration. 6 key ideas about collaboration in organizations ... serendipity, relationships (face-to-face meetings are really important), compelling need, engage emotionally, remove barriers (to usage), and...

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Back in Cairo, and very soon back in Denmark - Cairo, Egypt (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:24:06 GMT

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Back to Cairo - again - Taba, Red Sea and Sinai, Egypt (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:23:13 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Taba, Red Sea and Sinai, Egypt I originally planned on going back to Cairo with the night bus between the 6. and 7. of August, but as it happened, there were no night bus, why I had to travel by day. I travelled via Taba, the border crossing people use when visiting Israel and the Palestine Territories.

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Around Cairo - Cairo, Egypt (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:18:36 GMT

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Hamas denies factions to head for talks in Cairo (People Daily)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:59:26 GMT

Hamas on Wednesday denied reports that the Palestinian factions will head for Cairo next week to meet Egyptian officials and discuss the resumption of inter-Palestinian dialogue. Ismail al-Ashqar, a Hamas legislator, said there was nothing new except the three questions that Egypt sent to the factions earlier. The questions were about the factions' views of restoring Palestinian unity and end...

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Flight from Cairo to Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:32:49 GMT

The next phase of my travels begin and for the next couple of years its all about Europe and what Kiwi is going to see!!

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Cairo Last Day!!! - Cairo, Egypt (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:01:19 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Cairo, Egypt Last day in Cairo Mum and i got up at 6am to see the reat of our tour group who are going to Dahab. After see them off safely we returned back to bed and then got up at 9.30am for breakfast then went to see Shane and Renee off who were returning back to London. The Rest of the day was spent relaxing in our Hotel room watching movies and...

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Ablaze in Cairo (Red Orbit )

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:00:59 GMT

By Paul Schemm Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt -- Fire ravaged a 19th century palace used by the upper house of Egypt's parliament Tuesday, with flames bursting through windows as helicopters scooped water from the Nile River to douse the blaze.

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ENG installs Backlit Unipoles in Zamalek Club, Cairo (ziomal.biz)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:09:02 GMT

United Arab Emirates: Leading visual communication and multimedia solutions company, ENG (Emirates Neon Group) has installed high quality Backlit Unipoles in Zamalek Club in the high profile area of Mohandiseen and in two of its main commercial and heavy traffic streets; a popular location within Cairo, Egypt. [AMEInfo.com]

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BACK to Chaotic Crazy Cairo through Nuweiba - Nuweiba, Red Sea and Sinai, Egypt (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:55:29 GMT

The MiddleEast Adventures - 21 days on the road... felt like 1000 days!!!!FOR EVER LONG.

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Iraqi refugees in Egypt snub return offer (OTB News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:27:05 GMT

CAIRO, Aug. 21 (UPI) — Displaced Iraqis living in Egypt refused financial incentives offered by the Iraqi government to entice them to return home, several refugees said.

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Egypt Why take 1 flight when you can take 3 (Travelblog)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:47:21 GMT

After stemming the wee few tears at George Best International we sent Jim and Jennifer back to Markethill and pressed on to Stansted Cologne and Eventually Cairo.We breezed through customs changed money and got our visas and were out on the mean streets of Egypts Capital. We had negotiated a fair price for our taxi ride to Dahab Hotel and its lsquoRooftop Paradisersquo and were rocketing a

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Daytrip to Bosra - Damascus, Syria (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:59:13 GMT

Overland from Istanbul to Cairo, taking in all the sights in between.

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Amazing and Arab Antakya - Antakya, Turkey (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:04:23 GMT

Overland from Istanbul to Cairo, taking in all the sights in between.

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Goodbye Africa (Travelblog)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:33:36 GMT

Well it's been an interesting couple of days to say the least. I took the overnight bus from Cairo to Dahab with an English girl named Sam. Dahab is a seaside town in the Sinai Penninsula which I think is officially part of Asia. Just as I started to get accustomed to the lack of legroom on the bus they started blaring some Arabic movie. So I didn't sleep at all.We got into Dahab at 5 am an

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"Al-GIA-Duh's" Assault on Algeria (Rock The Truth)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:42:00 GMT

Please read "Al-GIA-Duh" in Algieria first. "Car bombs erupt in Algeria in a 2d deadly day; 11 killed" by Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times | August 21, 2008 CAIRO - Car bombs struck near a hotel and a military compound in Algeria yesterday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 31 others, the Algerian Interior Ministry said. The two blasts followed by a day a deadly attack on prospective...

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Egyptian police seize explosives cache near border with Gaza (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:27:41 GMT

Cairo - Egyptian police on Thursday said they found half a tonne of explosives hidden near its Rafah border crossing into the Gaza Strip. The cache had been buried underground in the town of Ahrish, some 50 kilometres west of the Rafah border crossin...

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