The Economic Crisis in Egypt Raises Another Dilemma: Tipping

Waiters and deliverymen receive tips. But so do receptionists, government clerks and hospital nurses. And with Egypt stuck in ...
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How Cairo’s Overcrowding Nearly Brought Down Egypt Twice

Cairo wasn’t built to hold 23 million people — yet it keeps growing. Strangled by traffic, smog, poverty, and unplanned ...
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Richard Bammer: In Egypt, under a sheltering sky, progress and poverty

Egypt at 30,000 feet, whether flying into Cairo or to Aswan in the south, is a canvas of few colors. There is the Nile River, of course, a blue ribbon in the bright sunshine, and, on either side, for ...
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Poverty and inflation: Egypt's economy hit by global turmoil

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Stores are selling winter clothes from last season in the middle of summer. Repair shops lack spare parts for appliances. There's a waiting list to buy a new car.
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Cairo is bursting at the seams, so Egypt is building a new $58 billion capital 30 miles away. Take a look.

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Egypt's female 'prisoners of poverty' struggle with stigma

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian women facing jail for falling into debt face social stigma, and if they have been freed from prison struggle to rebuild their lives, NGO workers say, despite support from ...
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A new city is rising in Egypt. But is it what the country needs?

In an expanse of desert 30 miles east of Cairo, Egypt, a new city is rising. Already boasting the tallest tower in Africa and the biggest cathedral in the Middle East, the city is one of a series of ...