Gregory Maxwell wrote:
On 10/9/07, Mohamed Magdy mohamed.m.k@gmail.com wrote:
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mistreatment of female travelers who are foolish enough to violate Islamic norms)
Where did you get that information?
This was a part of the cautionary message my very reliable travel agent provided me with... along with a litany of general safety scaremongering far in excess of I'd get when traveling to random spots in Germany or the U.K.
I'm not questioning their reliability of getting you to your destination , I'm rather questioning the accuracy of information they have about Egypt. whether they visited Egypt by themselves and experienced it (and telling you their personal findings) or googled keywords similar to yours and formulated an opinion to offer to their customers. What they are saying will remain hypothetical and generalizations. Exactly like the information I can give you (or any other Egyptian in Egypt). I can say that their information is false and vice versa.
It is, however, trivial for people to find similar advice: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%...
...Which includes some shocking material even more worry some than the advice I was given.
Or another search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%...
You cannot expect me to comment on every result returned ;) one comment though, take your time to read some of these results and use common sense (tm). You will be safe in Egypt, Come anytime, Wikimania or anytime you wish :).