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Originally Posted by Gavin
 Eygpt know all about barbarism due to their absolutely appalling human rights record. Mubarak should know a thing or two about dictatorships too. Pity he doesn't know the phrase about the pot calling the kettle black. |
when I was in Egypt last year sometimes people wanted to talk politics - secretly reading English newspapers for a different perspective on the world.
I think it's scary how despite increased tourism - in Egypt women are still 2nd class citizens; be they locals or tourists. Actually now I think about it, I think I saw maybe a handful of women the whole week and I don't even think they were Egyptian? Most people we met were male. Also scary how some hotels see fit to have armed gunmen /police on the doorstep. They searched people randomly coming and going of our hotel; I dread to think what happens after you get taken aside for any reason... reminds me, I must dig out an Arabic phrasebook!