Egypt promotes medical tourism with rich natural healing resources

SAFAGA (Egypt): Boasting rich natural healing resources such as a suitable climate, mineral springs, sulfur water, and hot sand, Egypt is attracting an increasing number of tourists who prefer to travel not only for leisure but also for medical purposes. The country’s most renowned Red Sea resorts have been preparing for the medical tourism season […]

Egypt gears up for pharaohs’ Golden Parade

CAIRO, Egypt: The mummified remains of 22 Egyptian pharaohs, including the most powerful ancient queen, are to be paraded through the streets of Cairo Saturday, in a procession to a new resting place. Under the watchful eyes of security forces, the mummies will be moved seven kilometres (four miles) across the capital from the iconic […]

Egypt’s blossoming trade in fragrant jasmine flowers

SHUBRA BELOULA, Egypt: At midnight, Eman Mehanna switches on her headlamp and begins her day’s work picking jasmine flowers, as their powerful fragrance wafts far across the fields in Egypt’s fertile Nile Delta. Egypt’s Gharbiya region is the heartland of its jasmine harvest. The aromatic oils extracted for perfumes from here make up over half […]