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Update on the appeal to food aid at the Salloum Border, Egypt/Libya
The truck with our food aid arrived at the border yesterday midday with 2310 food parcels for the stranded people in no-mans-land. A trip of 400 km from Cairo. In four days, through emails to our social networks which spread … Continue reading
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Tagged Egypt, Egyptian Chefs Association, food aid, humanitarian crisis, Libya, World Chefs without Borders
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Japanese survival skills
Did Al Jazeera really mean the implied critiscm of Japan when it wrote in its live blog today: “1:18pm it is clear the country was not prepared for a disaster of this magnitude.” At this time, more than 5,600 people … Continue reading
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Egypt/Libya Salloum Border Humanitarian crisis
I was phoned with an update today on the situation on the Egypt/Libyan border at Salloum. “The camp is high up on a cliff with nothing else around. The wind hits you, and it gets miserably cold up there” says … Continue reading
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Tagged Egypt, food aid, humanitarian crisis, Libya, refugee camps, Salloum border
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Salim escapes Tripoli
Salim has made it to Egypt from Tripoli. He phoned on Saturday afternoon, it was so good to hear his voice! I was not sure if he was one hour from our home, one hour from the border, or at … Continue reading
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Feeding the Exodus at The Salloum Border, Egypt/Libya
There are apparently some 3,500 – 7,000 refugees stranded in camps at the Salloum Egyptian/Libyan border, perhaps waiting for days for transport or travel documents to move on – and it’s cold. Many or most have been robbed of all … Continue reading
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WikiLeaks and Tunisia
Tunisians already knew about their corrupt repressive country, brave bloggers had also written extensively about it. The Tunisian WikiLeaks cables were reporting on the existing situation and personalities. It’s true that they did contribute an ‘atmospheric role’, in Issandr El … Continue reading
Wikileaks – Don’t shoot the messenger
The US ambassador to Libya should not be personally affected for doing his job. Libya is not demanding the recall of the US Ambassador. America is making the recall on its own initiative. Perhaps they are right. In which case … Continue reading
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Does Egypt have the most dangerous roads in the world?
Egypt’s road accident rate is undeniably awful. Its dismal statistics since last October has included a Boxing day coach crash on the Abu Simbel road into a parked truck carrying sand killed and injured American tourists. On 20th November, eight … Continue reading
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Egyptian export costs
There’s to be no rhyme nor reason to pricing imports to the UK from Cairo. Whilst Egyptian Lanterns can be priced at an uplift of 1000% (Camden Stables Market sells lanterns for £30, which are sold for LE30 in Cairo), … Continue reading
Shark attack consequences
The shark attacks on tourists at the Red Sea has resulted in a 20% drop in tourism in an area that relies on tourism. Personal tragedies include the dead and injured, and their families of course. But also those whose … Continue reading