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Egypt encouraging graduates to turn the desert green
Egypt has, for the last two decades, been encouraging university graduates to leave the city and grow food on dry, uncultivated land. It all began, 20 years ago, in Egypt’s capital, Cairo. A national newspaper announced that the government was trying to solve the unemployment problem for young graduates – and there were several options. One... »
Egypt completes desert canal project
Image via Wikipedia An ambitious $100 million canal project to bring water from the Nile river to the Toshka desert 225 km south of Aswan in Egypt to convert arid regions into farmland and boost animal production has been completed. The Sheikh Zayed Canal project, funded by the Abu Dhabi government, is part of a bigger... »
Egypt’s Nile Delta: Fertile land, but not for jobs
For generations, Egypt has been a country to leave. It has long been stingy with opportunity, and its people have become exports to countries in need of laborers. Five million Egyptians work as bricklayers, carpenters and in any other jobs they can find in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and, for those with professions, Europe... »
Cairo’s black cloud
Image via Wikipedia Rice, a staple of the Egyptian diet, is normally grown on some 486,000 hectares of Egypt’s 3.2 million hectares of agricultural land. This year, farmers grew rice on an additional 162,000 hectares of land. Agriculture experts say that 0.404 hectares (one acre) of rice produces two tons of hay, meaning the country... »
Can anything be cooler than Egyptian cotton?
Egyptian cotton…seems as oxymoronic as English tea or Irish coffee. Ancient Egypt used linen and flax not cotton, both for the living and the dead. But Egyptian cotton is the new wonder fabric from an antique land, and unlike Egyptian linen, its magic has not been hidden and forgotten in pyramids for centuries. Mohammed Ali... »
The Coptic Calendar and its Ancient Egyptian roots
Image via Wikipedia The Coptic calendar, the oldest in history, had been in existence for at least three millennia before Christ. Indeed, what today is termed the Coptic Christian calendar is essentially derived from earlier models of ancient Egyptian measurements of time. Ironically, all the current names of the Coptic months retain something of their... »
