Latest interview in Egypt

A foreign reporter moves on and approaches a random guy trying to cover other aspects of the Egyptian mentality:

Reporter: Hello
Egyptian: Welcum to egybt

Reporter: Thank you. may I interview you?
Egyptian: Ofcors

Reporter: What's your name?
Egyptian: Essam

Reporter: Ok Mr. Essam, .what do you do?..sorry..I mean do you
work?
Essam: Yas..i have koshk

Reporter: Koshk?..what is a koshk?
Essam: small subarmarkot..u undurstand?..I sell cigarettes..boxes and fart

Reporter: Don’t you think smoking is bad for people?
Essam: I dont hit beoble on zer hand and make zem smoke..az we say here in Egybt..(ur brain in ur head..u know where u finish)

Reporter: I don’t get it...but lets move on ....How do u feel about terrorism?
Essam: Terrorism is good..we love terrorisms in egybt..they bring dollars to za cantry..and zey all light Egybt..az we say here in egybt...nawwart -masr

Reporter: I am shocked to hear that
Essam: NO NO..dont shock..we are like zis..and our fazarz waz like zis..we love terrorisms and make zem feel at home...becoz zey bring a lot of money to za cantry and guvurment

Reporter: Are you claiming that Terrorists support the Egyptian government financially?
Essam: Sbeak again bleez

Reporter: I mean, are you saying that terrorists are paying money to the Egyptian government?
Essam: Ofcorse zey bay...zey one of za most imbortant bay to za
cantry..terrorists,and Sewiss canal and za high sadd in Aswan

Reporter: Oh my God..that is very disturbing...do you have any idea where do they reside in Egypt?
Essam: Sbeak again

Reporter: where terrorists stay in Egypt
Essam: Zey love Sharm El Sheikh..also Khan el Khalili to buy sofoneer and drink shisha

Reporter: Oh yes..I can totally relate..we heard about bombings there a couple of years ago...Why do u think the police doesn't capture those terrorists?
Essam: Bolice here in egybt..very good..zey borotect terrorists very well..dont warry..dont zey brotect u?

Reporter: Why do I need protection?
Essam: Because u r terrorist

Reporter: Absolutely not
Essam: u look like zem

Reporter: Do I?
Essam: yas..wite skin..no clozes and no sbeak arabic

Reporter: OH MY GOD..U MISSUNDERSTOOD MY QUESTIONS
Essam: Sank u very much..

Reporter: I'm sorry.. I’ll have to end this now before it leads to more wrong information
Essam: sbeak again

Reporter: I have to go now
Essam: No boroborem..u light Egybt..

Jewish Pussy

I got that picture emailed to me today and I thought it’s really funny :)

Beware of E-Bay deals !

Today I received an email that said, I quote:

"Beware of E-Bay deals !




Always check your seller's feedback . . .?


I ordered a blow-up doll and here's what I got."

Portraits

Close up portrait of 90-year-old woman, Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

Photo courtesy of Frantisek Staud





A man smoking a Shisha (water pipe)- Luxor, Egypt


Photo courtesy of Frantisek Staud

Dina – A Great Egyptian Belly Dancer

Floating Bridge Opens In Dubai

Dubai opens its newly-completed Dh154-million Floating Bridge


The bridge stretches across the surface intersection near Deira City Centre and Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club




The floating bridge, a first-of-its-kind project in the UAE, is built out of 20-metre-wide hollow concrete blocks that will float on water.


The floating bridge will allow about 6,000 vehicles to cross the creek every hour.

Orthodox Jews Condemn Zionist Atrocities in Gaza

London , England - January 26, 2008

Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews demonstrated in protest against the Zionist atrocities in Gaza . (The copyrighted photos courtesy of International Photo Media(photos by Medyan Dairieh).

In Cairo, noise pollution can be killer

Did you hear that?


Cairo cacophony: Noise pollution 'kills in much the same way as chronic stress'

Alarming levels of noise pollution in Egyptian capital cause various health problems for population.

CAIRO - From blaring car horns to wedding parties, rising noise pollution in the 24-hour metropolis of Cairo has reached alarming levels, leading to hearing problems, irritability and even death.

Living in the city centre, where noise levels reach an average of 90 decibels (dB) and never drop below 70 dB, is like spending all day inside a factory, a 2007 study by the Egyptian National Research Centre (NRC) said.

"What's striking about Cairo is that noise levels on different streets at different times of day are well over limits set by the environmental protection agency (EPA)," the NRC's Mustafa Ali Shafiye said.

"In downtown, noise levels may attain 90 dB at 7:30 am, bearing in mind that the normally acceptable level set by the EPA is 35-55 dB," he said.

In December, the respected New Scientist magazine said that "noise kills in much the same way as chronic stress does."

It causes "an accumulation of stress hormones, inflammation and changes in body chemistry that eventually lead to problems such as impaired blood circulation and heart attacks."

According to Dr Mohammed el-Shazly, an ear specialist at Cairo University, "the noise in Cairo is exceptional -- it cannot be compared to any other Arab city.

"What is special about Cairo is that industrial zones and residential areas are not separated. People like policemen who are permanently on the street can be severely affected."

People start to lose their hearing gradually, he said, and once that happens the only cure is to get a hearing aid.

"Car horns, loud music, shouting, ageing engines and the occasional party can lead to a series of health problems including hypertension, hearing loss, cardiovascular effects and general irritability" said Nagat Amer, an environmental health specialist at the NRC.

"Noise severely affects pregnant women who are permanently exposed to it. It causes retraction in blood vessels and they give birth to small babies," she added.

"The cost of this is enormous -- we can count non-concentration at work, absenteeism, accidents, handicaps," she said. "Protecting ourselves from noise is much less expensive than what it may cost later."

According to the World Health Organisation, which considers noise pollution to be the world's third worst after polluted air and water, exposure for more than eight hours a day to sound in excess of 85 db is potentially hazardous.

The ministries of health and environment are planning to establish a national network for monitoring noise levels in Egypt, but no date has yet been fixed for it to begin gathering data.

A 1994 law laying down legal ambient noise limits is largely ignored. Under this law, levels should not exceed 52 db during the day, 37 db at night and a very loud 90 db in industrial areas such as factories.

With Cairo's population continually expanding and no official solution within earshot, tens of thousands of people are fleeing to quieter and less-polluted suburbs in the desert.

"I used to hear car horns, shops opening and closing, people shouting, the doorman talking loudly," said Dina Kozman, a housewife who left the city centre three years ago for a residential compound 20 kilometres (12 miles) away.

"You feel like you know the life of everyone while you are in bed. We don't want to have this stressful lifestyle with noise and traffic. Traffic makes noise and noise makes stress... it's a vicious circle."


Courtesy Agence France Presse (AFP)

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