End of Daylight Saving Time for Egypt
Egypt will be switching back to winter time leaving the Daylight Saving Time. The clocks will be set one hour backward on Friday 26, September at…
Egypt switching again to Daylight Saving Time after Ramadan
Egypt will be switching back to Daylight Saving Time again after Ramadan. The clocks will be set one hour forward on Friday 1, August at 2 AM. The…
Daylight Saving Time discontinued for Ramadan
Daylight saving time discontinued Thursday until end Ramadan Egypt's cabinet announced on Tuesday that daylight saving time will be discontinued…
World Africa Celebration on 13 May at Roman Theatre
An event to celebrate World Africa Day, will take place at 9 p.m on Tuesday May the 13th at the Roman Theatre in Sharm El Sheikh. Entrance is free of…
Egypt switching to Daylight Saving time
Egypt will be switching to daylight saving time again after a two year break. The clocks will be set one hour forward from Thursday to Friday on…
“The end of the world cinema” destroyed
The “End of the world cinema” got international attention after the publication of well-known photographer Kaupo Kikkas. Now, a few months later…
Carrefour Sunterra Opening
On 22 March 2014 Gen. Khaled Fouds, Governor of South Sinai opened the newest Carrefour branch. Four years after seeing the Express branch opening…
Fuel cards to be implemented
Fuel is highly subsidized in Egypt (current price 1.85 LE/l fuel 92 octane). It is said that the price will go up to 6-8 LE/l. The plans are to…
Desert Cinema
The End of the World Cinema - is the title of the article on Kaupo Kikkos photography bog. His story: "On a sunny day at the very…
ESMA needs your help!
ESMA in Cairo has the opportunity to win a much needed $5000 simply by helping their sister shelter in the USA win a voting competition. …
Sharmers Discover Sinai
Sharmers set out to discover parts of amazing the St. Katherine protectorate. Most people think only Mount Sinai and the monastery of Saint…
SharmWomen App One NOW AVAILABLE for free
SharmPRO is proud to announce that SHARM’S NO. 1 website is now also available as app for IPad, IPhone, IPod touch and Android.SummaryOur Sharm…
Discover the Sinai high mountains AND help rebuild the ancient Bedouin gardens
Little known to the outside world, there are hundreds of Bedouin orchards around the town of St. Catherine in South Sinai. The tradition goes back…
Save the legend Film on 5 October at T2
The Save the Legend Project has been built to ring the alarm bell about the Thistlelgorm's deterioration through a short movie, yet selected in the…
Lunch at Terrazzina Too
Last Sunday we (two persons) set out to try the new lunch offer at Terrazzina Too's. It was a pleasant, sunny day with comfortable temperatures,…
Greek Orthodox Monastery in El Tur
The St George Monastery, though rather stern and straightforward at first sight is, with its beautiful gardens, an oasis of tranquility and…
Ownership rights in South Sinai for non-Egyptians
Meeting held at 19:00 Friday 1 February 2013 After there had been a lot of confusion within the Facebook group “Ownership Rights in Sinai” it…
Rain in Sinai
It was raining in the Sinai in the early morning hours of Sunday night. While the rain in Sharm was moderate, other parts saw heavy…
Just opened: Dar Salam Hostel in Roysat
Dar Salam hostel is the idea of Sharm resident Kris. Kris has been a keen traveler & understands the…
Sharm Action for Animals needs help
Champagne and wine? These are some of the prizes of the next raffle. Sharm Action for Animals is a group specifically formed to help the …
The Evolution of Camel Bar
Are you one of the many residents who’s left Sharm El Sheikh to try a new life elsewhere, only to…
Sharm Action for Animals
Friday 13 April was a good day for the street animals of Sharm. An auction with precious vouchers for…
Sharmer – the controversial society
On Friday 9 March the film "Sharmer" was shown as a full length film for the first time at the Kiroseiz Cinema in Naama Bay. This is a…
Sharmer – The film
Sharmer is the first documentary film about life, people in Sharm El Sheikh, which is a cosmopolitan touristic city by the Red Sea located in South…
BIGGER AND BETTER!! Dahab Festival’s second year!
What do Bedouin camel races, chilling windsurfing stunts, photographic fish hunts, trash art and kundalini yoga have in common? They are all part of…
THE MAD MACHISMO ON THE ROADS
By Carmen Doyle Approaching flashing lights amongst a knot of vehicles, I mention to my driver to slow down as it looks as though there has been…
Sadea’s Bedouin Art
Sadea is a young Bedouin woman and a budding talent. Since her youth she likes to paint whatever she sees using all available material, which is…
1996 FLOOD
by Rosana Sparano Divers Intl. Sharm el Maya - Nov. 1996 Autumn 1996 it was just another working day at the Divers Intl. Dive Center, but…
IMPORTING A CAR
by Heidemarie Kling Corniche - Alexandria You want to listen for about 30 days, every day the words INSHAALAH and BOKRA? Go to a governmental…
EGYPTIAN MARRIAGE TRADITION
by Christiane Bahr Preparing their engagement Theresa & Amgad This article actually was initiated by Osama Anis, living for more than 12…
PEN’S COLUMN – THREE
by Penny Ashley Back again! Doesn’t time fly when you’re having a good time? Mind you, out here Time is a funny thing. Several times I’ve…
EL MENOUFIYA STORY
by Pia Kurro Trying to find way to somehow systematize my first impressions of the life in El Menoufiya, there are so many, what about by factor…
PEN’S COLUMN – TWO
by Penny Ashley Hope this finds you all well. Collo tamam. I am trying to learn Arabic but it’s not easy is it? I don’t really want to get…
PEN’S COLUMN – ONE
by Penny Ashley Welcome to the inane ramblings of a post-menopausal ex pat. Well it’s good to get off on the right foot I always think. A word of…
PEOPLE CHANGE
by Rasha Hassan No one is the same 100% through his entire life. Events change us,and the flexibility to change is an art we have to learn because…
A JOURNEY TO THE MOON
Editor: Maike Munck Translators: Doro Reinecke, Dr. Adel Taher Day 1. Bahariyya We left Cairo at 8 am, to the oasis Bahariyya, 420 km southwest…
THERE IS NO SPECIAL TIME FOR LOVE
by Rasha Hassan It is hard to advice others on love because this issue is different from one person to another, only love as a topic is the…
CROSS-CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS
Making a Proper Decision!! (1) by Dr. Ibrahim Yehia Introduction Relationships between foreign females and Egyptian males entail a wide range of…
TALES OF AN OLD TOURIST
by Doro Reinecke (orig. published in Mix Magazine Jan. 2006) Naama Bay, 1975 Herbert & Edith Reinecke and friend It is the year 2006 and…