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How to Write a Great Travel Story?

Originally published on LinkedIn in August 2019 Ever wonder what’s the difference between a well-read travel story and a barely-read one? Well, it’s not luck nor is it random. It’s

Discovering History: Egypt’s Early Settlers and Prehistoric Carvings

Originally published in Business Monthly January 2019 issue. Listening to Mark Eliyahu’s music around a campfire, under a blanket of stars, I couldn’t help but smile. I was surrounded by

An Interview with the Minister of Tourism

Originally published in Business Monthly’s January 2019 issue. Egypt’s tourism sector is often referred to as the country’s bread-and-butter. Currently contributing 20 percent of the gross domestic product, directly employing

On the Hunt for Egypt’s Forgotten Cities

Originally published on Safareya Standing with a group of strangers waiting for my turn to use what we were told is the only functioning bathroom in 300 kilometers, when our

Escaping to a Nubian Era in Egypt’s Southern Oasis

Originally posted on Outpost “You pour a little bit, taste it, and then you add sugar,” explained Oshari, the groundskeeper at Anakato, the Nubian hotel I just arrived at. The

Traveling to the Halayeb Triangle

Originally posted on Outpost As I listened to Pentatonix’s cover of “Run to You,” watching light posts pass by at a monotonous rhythm in the middle of the night in a

Egypt’s Baris

Originally published in Business Monthly‘s April 2019 issue. “Well, isn’t this why we are going?” I tell my frustrated friend as I scan the menu for the largest caffeine dose

Cleaning up Seyal Island

Originally published in Business Monthly‘s June 2018 issue. The article is a continuation of Swimming with Dolphins. After a magical experience with the dolphins, we sailed northwest to begin a whole

Swimming with Dolphins

Originally published in Business Monthly‘s June 2018 issue. Thinking about travel in Egypt rarely does the image of dolphins come to mind, especially for us locals. We grew up being

The Road to Djara Cave

Originally published in Business Monthly‘s August 2018 issue. My mobile was ringing for the third time, after all, I was just back from an exhausting camping trip in Sinai and