Falcon29
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You hit the nail on the head Basha, Palestinians in West Bank are defenseless and either way it requires a regional effort of some sort which at the moment no one can afford nor is there interest for that. That may change later though when the right circumstances are present.
Yeah, I came across it recently I remember Al-Hasani wanted me to include some pictures of Palestine. Swimming in pools is more common now because the sea is dirty and you could get quite sick from swimming in it.
Lol, yeah, I was just about to tell you it's slightly different than a fig but notice you edited the post.
It's actually more jelloey inside kind of like a graph but is very sweet and soft. It's planted near Khan Yunis/Rafah areas of Gaza and we went to visit a friend of a relative and he grows them so we just picked some off from his tree.
Oh for sure, the street food style is the one I want to try in Egypt. I probably will be there next year and defintely make a stop for some.
Yeah, I feel like that mod is sometimes too harsh on them. Don't know if they know Philip is a young kid still and should cut him some slack. He has interesting threads about military tech too. Camel guy is friends with everyone and usually trolls in friendly way so I'm surprised why he gets banned.
As for the Turkish/Egyptian thing, people on forum don't have good impression of Muslim nations that don't have aggressive foreign policy nor assert themselves as regional leaders. This is not good as it causes too much negativity in forum and people take things too seriously. Based off my impression of Egypt , Egyptian people don't like to interfere in others affairs, rather solidify relationships with stable allies. Egypt is more so a defensive nation that doesn't take unnecessary risks like Algeria in a way. Does not mean they aren't strong nations, they both are, but they do not like having aggressive foreign policy. In a way I like that, as you know what to expect from them and they are consistent in their behavior.
Forum audience, however, look at leadership and their ramblings and take it at face value. They think Egypt is Al-Sisi when Egypt is bigger than that and Egyptian establishment(military and political) have long term interests with or without Sisi. Erdogan himself wants to be a populist leader it appears, I respect some of his positions and he does stand true to his words in some cases but some positions I disagree with too. Although I'm not too into the populist thing anymore, as it breeds dogmatic movements who then become blind to their own double standards. Just like the Iranian one too. It's like a toxic way to assume soft power but I would say Erdogan populisim is much less toxic than Iranian one at least.
If someone wants to do populism they need to take nationalism out of it. Because each decision benefits the interest of one state majority of time and I don't see why religion need to be dragged into it. That's what frustrates me. Leave religion aside unless you are actually sincerely religious populist and that requires much more challenging form of populism and effort. It requires you to win hearts and minds which isn't what is happening in the ME region today.
Oh yeah, between the two of those, there are some amazing hidden beauties and treasures. The entire Mediterranean coast from Port Said all the way to the Straight of Gibraltar is unreal with it's snow-white beach sands and turquoise waters.
If you take Egypt's north coast, for example, you have the famous city of Alexandria and then go further west, you run into the great and historical city of El Alamein where of course, Rommel lost to Montgomery in WWII and unfortunately they're still having a tough time clearing all the mines the Germans left all over the place but they've closed off most dangerous areas until they finish clearing them but this is what those sands and water look like.
Now they're building a gigantic city with huge hotels and parks and really turning it into a touristic destination which is good in a way, but for us who've been there many times and seen it without the development got a taste of that solitude and extreme beauty of nature.
Then you go a little further west until you run into the incredible city of Marsa Matruh where part of that (even further west) where you need to cross and canal by boat or swim which is what we always did and do and if you have a fear of sharks, it will put you in a frazzle loool because the water is eternally blue and you can see to great depths without a mask and see the silhouettes of rather large marine creatures lol. But once you come up to the other side of the canal, it's about a half mile walk to "Hammamaat Cleopatra" or "Cleopatra's bathing room" which consists of a natural rock right at the edge of the water and beach, about 40ft tall and the same diameter and it has a lagoon or jacuzzi inside the rock in the middle and two doorways where water comes into the rock and fills the jacuzzi from one door and exits through the other with the waves.
The story goes that this was one of Cleopatra's favorite retreats and she would bathe in that rock by going into the natural jacuzzi in the middle of the rock. Back in the day it was known just enough to keep it not too crowded, but now it's a huge touristic destination, to go see Hammamaat Cleopatra!
Water comes in one side and fills the bath tub...
She had a few of these all over Egypt.
That whole coastal area of Marsa Matruh is just spectacular. A little bit around the corner from Cleopatra's baths is this lagoon beach that gets pretty crowded quickly.
This is some incredible stuff man, I never been to Alexandria even though I've been to Egypt like 5-7 times in my life so far. I have to go the next time as I heard it is beautiful, my siblings went there and they were really amazed at the scenery there. Also they said the food there is really good.
The ancient Egyptians did some incredible stuff too, I'm still intrigued by their history and their civilization. At least we have some Assassains Creed video games to enjoy virtual exploration of ancient Egypt and Cleopatria, haha. Really loved the Origins title, made me feel like I actually lived and had a life there. If that is what the ancient world looked like I gotta say I prefer it to what we have today which feels too artificial.
I'm sure you deal with the same thing!
