Egypt

Population: 74.9 million (UN, 2005)
Capital: Cairo
Area: 1 million sq km (386,874 sq miles)
Major language: Arabic
Major religion: Islam
Life expectancy: 67 years (men), 72 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Egyptian Pound = 100 piastres
Middle East Times – English-language weekly

Road Junky has 7 Egypt articles. Scroll down to view.

Lusty Bedouin in the Sinai Desert

The tired old jeep made its way up the precarious mountain path. Two Bedouin, Mohammed and Ahmed, sat in the front with their heads wrapped in cloth tied by rope ...

Umm Kulthum - Star of the East

Umm Kulthumm is probably the most famous person in the Arabic world outside of the personages of the Koran. A legendary singer of a humble background, her voice still permeates ...

The Strongest Man in the World. Well, in Egypt Anyway...

At least so he says. Interviewed on Egyptian television, this faithful Muslim professes that his strength comes from Allah alone but unfortunately it’s as much a curse as a blessing. ...

Culture Blinded by Poetry in Sinai - Want to be the Editor of Road Junky?

Last winter I was hiding out in Sinai and as Hanukah had already passed, there weren’t too many Israelis on holiday and only the odd other foreigner around. ...