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Egypt: Making A Comeback?

Tourism and foreign investment are up dramatically since my 2009 trip that highlighted citizens' desperation

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Reading Cairo Dispatch, the Substack of Samantha Childress, I am curious as to how Egypt has changed in the 14 years since I visited. My wife has expressed a strong desire to visit Luxor, which Samantha writes about here and here. Her pictures make it look beautiful.

Scanning the news, I learn that tourism to Egypt is up dramatically. It, and the world,

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