Egypt’s sunken treasure moors in Madrid

“The ancient Egyptian Nile God Hapi extended its generosity and prosperity over Spain when it stepped into its capital.” The heavy rain falling in Madrid after a long period of dry weather made such headlines in Spanish newspapers and television bulletins two days after King Juan Carlos and his wife, Queen Sofia, inaugurated the “Egypt’s [...]

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Scobey hits Cairo

 
NEW US Ambassador to Egypt Margaret Scobey arrived in town this week at the start of a four-year diplomatic mission. Scobey’s tenure in Cairo is likely to be highly eventful, to say the least. Egypt and the US have not been in their best state of dialogue for the past five years due to wide [...]

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Revisiting success – Sharm El Sheick

When, 26 years ago tomorrow, President Hosni Mubarak raised the Egyptian flag in Sharm El-Sheikh it signalled the return of the Sinai Peninsula to Egyptian sovereignty.
Israel occupied Sinai in 1967, and though it agreed to withdraw from the peninsula as part of the peace treaty with Egypt signed by president Anwar El-Sadat in 1979 negotiations [...]

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International meeting of artists in Sharm

Did you know there will be an international meeting of artists 25 April this year. A series of workshops will be held in a top hotel in Sharm, with a final exhibition in Cairo with media coverage. Artists have already booked from Saudi, Germany, USA, Lebanon, Kuwait and Bahrain. For more information call  Sarah 010 227 2757 [...]

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Clocks change

Get ready it’s daylight savings time.  Most of the European countries changed their clocks forward in the past week in line with the traditional daylight savings time.  Egypt will follow suit by changing the clocks forward one hour at midnight between 24th April and the 25th April.  Look forward to longer evenings and waking an [...]

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