Egypt
You Tube - Al Jazeera (Ayman Moyheldin)
I've posted about this before on my Egyptian Deserts blog, linking to several other stories. This is the area where the battle of el-Alamein was fought.
Video. 3.33 minutes.
- More Re Marina El-alamein
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Holidaymakers to Egypt's northern coast will have more to entertain them than sun, sand and sea later this summer. Starting in mid-September they can end a day spent on the beach by taking a virtual trip back to the...
- Marsa Matrouh Travel Special
Al Ahram Weekly Al Ahram Weekly has a travel supplement this week which looks at Marsa Matrouh (the biggest town of which is El Alamein). As well as details about Second Wolrd War cemeteries and museums there is also one article which covers the archaeological...
- New Blog - The Archaeology Of Egypt's Deserts
I've put together a new blog which will focus on the archaeology of Egypt's deserts. Unlike this blog it will include relevant lecture and conference news. Visitors to this blog will know that I am a bit of a desert nut. I've been copying...
- 123 Tourist Projects At Costs Of Le 11.5 Billion On North Coast
Egypt State Information Service A total of 123 projects will be carried out to establish resorts with 43,000 tourist rooms on the North Coast, said Matrouh Governor Mohamed El-Shahat. The projects will create 72,000 job opportunities during the coming...
- Tourism: New Resort Planned For Al Alamein
Bloomberg Egyptian billionaire Ibrahim Kamel plans to build a $500 million seaside resort near the World War II battlefield of Al-Alamein that will compete with Red Sea vacation sites in Egypt. Kamel's Kato Group will construct 4,000 hotel...
Egypt
Egypt's new desert battle - landmines in the Western Desert
You Tube - Al Jazeera (Ayman Moyheldin)
I've posted about this before on my Egyptian Deserts blog, linking to several other stories. This is the area where the battle of el-Alamein was fought.
Video. 3.33 minutes.
An estimated 16 million landmines and unexploded munitions from World War II continue to maim thousands of local herders in the northern town of el-Alamein in Egypt.
The landmines pose not only a humanitarian hazard, but remain a huge obstacle to the economic development of Egypt's coast which is believed to be rich in oil and gas reserves and potentially lucrative tourism destinations.
The Egyptian government says that de-mining the el-Alamein battlefields alone could cost $20 billon.
Al Jazeera's Ayman Moyheldin reports.
- More Re Marina El-alamein
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Holidaymakers to Egypt's northern coast will have more to entertain them than sun, sand and sea later this summer. Starting in mid-September they can end a day spent on the beach by taking a virtual trip back to the...
- Marsa Matrouh Travel Special
Al Ahram Weekly Al Ahram Weekly has a travel supplement this week which looks at Marsa Matrouh (the biggest town of which is El Alamein). As well as details about Second Wolrd War cemeteries and museums there is also one article which covers the archaeological...
- New Blog - The Archaeology Of Egypt's Deserts
I've put together a new blog which will focus on the archaeology of Egypt's deserts. Unlike this blog it will include relevant lecture and conference news. Visitors to this blog will know that I am a bit of a desert nut. I've been copying...
- 123 Tourist Projects At Costs Of Le 11.5 Billion On North Coast
Egypt State Information Service A total of 123 projects will be carried out to establish resorts with 43,000 tourist rooms on the North Coast, said Matrouh Governor Mohamed El-Shahat. The projects will create 72,000 job opportunities during the coming...
- Tourism: New Resort Planned For Al Alamein
Bloomberg Egyptian billionaire Ibrahim Kamel plans to build a $500 million seaside resort near the World War II battlefield of Al-Alamein that will compete with Red Sea vacation sites in Egypt. Kamel's Kato Group will construct 4,000 hotel...