Extract from Part 1: "But to love our country we must know it, the history, we must know where we came from, we must know all it has been through, the good and the bad, and see that we are still standing strong. We have to learn from our past in order to change our future."
The one thing I noticed when talking with non-Egyptians coming to Egypt is that they know so much more about Egypt than we do, it's quite embarrassing actually. Therefore, this is something that we must change, we need to know Egypt, understand why it has the title "Om-El-Donya" (Mother of the world), despite its many downsides.
Egypt's tourism industry came to a standstill in the aftermath of last month's 18-day revolution. Senior Editor Michelle Baran of travelweekly.com sat down with Amr Elezabi, chairman of the Egypt Tourist Authority, in Cairo last week to discuss the impact to the industry and the plan for recovery.
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