http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/31/how-long-did-it-take-the-government-to-build-the-pyramids/ Promoting a fierce but respectful dialogue among the highly diverse youth of the Middle East Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:05:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/31/how-long-did-it-take-the-government-to-build-the-pyramids/#comment-66223 Global Voices بالعربية » الأرشيف » مصر: سوء معاملة السواح Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:29:35 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/31/how-long-did-it-take-the-government-to-build-the-pyramids/#comment-66223 [...] الأردني أحمد الغشمري يدون [انكليزي] عن سوء المعاملة التي تعرض لها على أيدي الشرطة [...] [...] الأردني أحمد الغشمري يدون [انكليزي] عن سوء المعاملة التي تعرض لها على أيدي الشرطة [...]

]]> http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/31/how-long-did-it-take-the-government-to-build-the-pyramids/#comment-65711 Global Voices صداهای جهانیصداهای جهانی » Blog Archive » مصر:قربانیان بدرفتاری پلیس Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:49:29 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/31/how-long-did-it-take-the-government-to-build-the-pyramids/#comment-65711 [...] اردنی احمد قسمارسی می گوید (انگلیسی)  از کودکی همیشه آرزو می کرده که اهرام مصر را [...] [...] اردنی احمد قسمارسی می گوید (انگلیسی)  از کودکی همیشه آرزو می کرده که اهرام مصر را [...]

]]> http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/31/how-long-did-it-take-the-government-to-build-the-pyramids/#comment-65677 Global Voices Online » Egypt: Tourists Treated Poorly Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:24:50 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/31/how-long-did-it-take-the-government-to-build-the-pyramids/#comment-65677 [...] Ahmad Al Ghasmasry writes about the abuse he met at the hands of Egyptian police while visiting the pyramids. Share [...] [...] Ahmad Al Ghasmasry writes about the abuse he met at the hands of Egyptian police while visiting the pyramids. Share [...]

]]> http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/31/how-long-did-it-take-the-government-to-build-the-pyramids/#comment-65280 nefer Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:31:06 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/31/how-long-did-it-take-the-government-to-build-the-pyramids/#comment-65280 Wow, that same incident happened to me and my brothers when we were visiting Egypt and at the pyramids. A police person came up on a horse and started yelling and cursing at the guide and my brothers and actually started pulling the poor guide off his horse. We had to explain repeatedly that although we were Egyptian we were there as tourists. Only after he found out we were visiting from the States did he leave us alone. And at virtually every touristy site we went to my Dad and my brothers got interrogated and the police/security demanded to know what we were doing at these places and why we didn't have ID's. Really, the only explanation my family could come up with for why my dad and brothers specifically were treated like this is because they are uberparanoid about terrorism and people blowing things up. Wow, that same incident happened to me and my brothers when we were visiting Egypt and at the pyramids. A police person came up on a horse and started yelling and cursing at the guide and my brothers and actually started pulling the poor guide off his horse. We had to explain repeatedly that although we were Egyptian we were there as tourists. Only after he found out we were visiting from the States did he leave us alone. And at virtually every touristy site we went to my Dad and my brothers got interrogated and the police/security demanded to know what we were doing at these places and why we didn’t have ID’s.
Really, the only explanation my family could come up with for why my dad and brothers specifically were treated like this is because they are uberparanoid about terrorism and people blowing things up.

]]> http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/31/how-long-did-it-take-the-government-to-build-the-pyramids/#comment-65147 sillybahrainigirl Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:52:46 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/31/how-long-did-it-take-the-government-to-build-the-pyramids/#comment-65147 This is awful Ahmad. Thanks for bringing it up. Was it a one-off incident or does this regularly happen? I am surprised I never heard about such brutality before and was under the impression that Egypt and Egyptians were in 'love' with tourists and the petro-dollars they bring with them! Something is amiss. Can any Egyptians or tourists who have been to the pyramids recently shed more light on the situation. This is awful Ahmad. Thanks for bringing it up. Was it a one-off incident or does this regularly happen? I am surprised I never heard about such brutality before and was under the impression that Egypt and Egyptians were in ‘love’ with tourists and the petro-dollars they bring with them! Something is amiss. Can any Egyptians or tourists who have been to the pyramids recently shed more light on the situation.

]]> http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/31/how-long-did-it-take-the-government-to-build-the-pyramids/#comment-65137 Maryanne Stroud Gabbani Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:07:51 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/31/how-long-did-it-take-the-government-to-build-the-pyramids/#comment-65137 It's a bloody shame that the people who are entrusted with the welfare of people visiting the pyramids are so ignorant and untrained that they think that the antiquities of Egypt are only for the foreign tourists. I'm delighted every time I see Egyptian school children and families visiting the pyramids and other antiquities. Egyptians today should be proud of the centuries of civilisation that precede them...just too bad that there are some cracks in it now. I heard a visiting police official from the UK once comment about the American government that the two occupations that had to make life and death decisions for people were oddly enough one, doctors who were superbly trained and two, the police who were appallingly trained. Probably a good thing he never met the Egyptian police, who on the whole have no training at all. It’s a bloody shame that the people who are entrusted with the welfare of people visiting the pyramids are so ignorant and untrained that they think that the antiquities of Egypt are only for the foreign tourists. I’m delighted every time I see Egyptian school children and families visiting the pyramids and other antiquities. Egyptians today should be proud of the centuries of civilisation that precede them…just too bad that there are some cracks in it now. I heard a visiting police official from the UK once comment about the American government that the two occupations that had to make life and death decisions for people were oddly enough one, doctors who were superbly trained and two, the police who were appallingly trained. Probably a good thing he never met the Egyptian police, who on the whole have no training at all.

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