thanks Luigi

Submitted by Lina (United Kingdom), May 20, 2009 at 07:03

Thanks for responding. I know that the Egyptian tourism officials are targeting harassment, & they're planning to turn certain cities into "live museums". So maybe that'll make an impact, somewhat doubt it though, especially since some people seem to enjoy being harassed...

Yes, that and older-men-younger-man "encounters" are also on the rise, which really contradicts the religious aspect of these nations. That's another huge problem - cultural contradiction is everywhere in the middle east. Heterosexual muslim men offering sexual services for money, in Hurghada the calls to prayer that clash with the techno music blasting out of Ministry of Sound. So the young people don't know what to think, which creates all kinds of tension - some young Egyptian men are extremely frustrated, and there's a lot of pent-up angst between them. I almost always saw Egyptian youths attacking each other with whatever they could use lol.

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