[expat]

Hi
which god you refer too?
i am here,because its fun to work,thats all
and yes,i am usually from morning to evening online
nobody talks about this,because the western news system is flatly spoken BS... and when the next blow comes,they are surprised,that the wonderful revolution prepared the ground for it....
my bosses,as you quote it,have similar thinking,as the political situation becomes very bad for the business
the news i post here are day to day occurences, al masry and al ahram bring them constantly
best regards
expat

AinV, on 22 March 2012 - 06:16 AM, said:

OMG! I half agree with Klaus.
Why oh why are you still there?!
Your bosses must never check to see what you have written? Or are you ALWAYS at your flat computer!!
I mean you are the only one talking about this.
When is your contract up??
What else do you do???????

[expat]

Hi to hell,Klaus
ever wondered,why news always jump to the next hot spot? and why after some while something not reported explodes and surprise the people?
its the short thinking of day to day news customers.
(same goes,f.e,for lybia,which is the next somalia to come)
if you read the first page of the thread,you will see,that i was not far away from the outcome then
your teasing of "fear" is so far away from the truth,as it is about some owners,which you always connect me too
but i am really happy,that you overcame your sabatical rest the last days after our small discussion about red sea and the number one resort in tasmania
best regards
expat

Klaus, on 22 March 2012 - 07:05 AM, said:

Dearest AinV,

Glad to see that we are back in talking terms!
Yes, you are so right, it seems expat has turned into our little Egypt reporter?
Wonder what is happening in Steigenberger and if they have perhaps too many staff in the kitchen? Let me call up the owner, as I know him well.

Delilish greetings from Klaus

[AJF]

My current worries are about the lack of tourists, ( due to the political situation, spate of Bedouin kidnappings and the recession in Europe ), and the lack of supplies.

Delivery trucks are becoming a rare sight in the Sinai these days due to the shortage of fuel !!

[expat]

Hi
these are day to day usual worries....
Zigs went out of stock several times here, due to foot and outh desease chicken and fish explodes in rates, fuel is a constant hassle,cooking gas is short for months....every cylinder is now 8 times expensive than before
but i agree,your bedou peninsola is worse off
best regards
expat

AJF, on 24 March 2012 - 06:40 AM, said:

My current worries are about the lack of tourists, ( due to the political situation, spate of Bedouin kidnappings and the recession in Europe ), and the lack of supplies.

Delivery trucks are becoming a rare sight in the Sinai these days due to the shortage of fuel !!

[expat]

Hi
one to have fun about
after getting the mayority of the votes,after together with the freaks of the salafin dominating the parliament by 2/3,after dominating a constitution founding congress,where everybody not in their ranks is leaving already the constitution,now the former illegal terrorists decided to show up with an own candidate for the presidency.....but for sure,the democratic rules will prevent him to succeed.
i would love to remind the foreign minister of germany to remember his lecture at the tahrir in march 2011....

best regards
expat

[expat]

I like the old song....flood of lies:
see below:
The number of tourists visiting Egypt plunged by a third in 2011, data from the country's state statistics body showed on Sunday.

Tourist numbers fell to 10 million last year from 14.7 million in 2010, according to the report from the state-run Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

Europeans made up 4.5 million of the 2011 total, a significant fall from 7.1 million the year before. Just over half the combined total of European holidaymakers came from Britain, Germany and Italy, which have, respectively, the top three market shares, figures show.

Visitors from Arab countries as a whole also declined to 1.8 million, down from 2.1 million in 2010, mainly caused by a decline in tourists from Saudi Arabia.

Other Arab nations, however, partially compensated as Egypt's hospitality industry saw unexpected effects from upheaval across the rest of the region.

While the Saudi share of the Arab market dropped to 11 per cent against 18 per cent in 2010, Libyans fleeing unrest in their own country and setting up base in Egypt helped up their share to 29 per cent from 22 per cent the year before.

The proportion of Palestinians climbed too, reaching 13 per cent in 2011 next to 9 per cent in 2010.

Any non-Egyptian entering the country and spending more than 24 hours there is counted as a tourist, no matter the circumstances behind their arrival.

CAPMAS did not provide detailed data for other nationalities.

In December, Egypt's tourism minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour said tourism revenues had fallen by 30 per cent over the course of the year.

reality is 70% less,only in the sand beaches little more,but rates compareble to lowest caliber destinations
best regards
expat

[expat]

Hi out there
live is fun,i tell you
even if you think,the times are bleak and the future dark, reality can bite back at the farce quite nicely...
even the one authority in islam,which drafts together the mayority of the so called sunnies,left the famous constitution assembly due to the fact,that the MBs and salafin dont match with their views....
well done,arab spring,here comes the text:
"The Coptic Orthodox Church decided to boycott the Islamist-dominated panel charged with drafting Egypt’s future constitution, state-run news agency MENA reported Monday.

The 20-member Holy Synod made a unanimous decision to withdraw the two church officials elected to the committee.

The church “considers it inappropriate to continue to be represented given the reservations of various political forces on how the constitutional commission was composed,” MENA said.

The commission comprises 100 members selected by Parliament, but it is mainly made up of Muslim Brotherhood members and Salafi fundamentalists, who also are the majority among lawmakers.

Several parties and secular figures in recent days have withdrawn from the panel this week, saying their presence was used as collateral for Islamists to draft a constitution that reflects their political and religious ideologies.

Al-Azhar, the key reference institution in Sunni Islam, also announced its withdrawal, distancing its ideology of moderate Islam from that of the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi fundamentalists.

Coptic Christians constitute 6 to 10 percent of the country’s population of about 82 million.

Coptic Pope Shenouda III, an ardent defender of his community, died 17 March at age 88 and has not yet been replaced.

The church’s decision to boycott the panel comes after the Brotherhood on Saturday announced it would nominate a candidate for the presidential election slated for 23 May, breaking the group’s previous promise that it would not field a candidate.

The decision to nominate the group’s deputy leader, Khairat al-Shater — a business tycoon and the group’s main financier — has sent shock waves through political circles."

the sixth khalifat is desired by the MBs and its near
best regards
expat

This post has been edited by expat: 02 April 2012 - 07:14 PM