ISMAILIA, EGYPT WHERE I LIVED FOR TWENTY YEARS

Ismailia is the capital of Egypt`s Al Ismaylyah Governate. It has a population (including surrounding

rural areas) of approximately 750,000. It is located on the west bank of the Suez Canal, approximately half way between Port Said to the north and Suez to the south. The Canal widens at that point to include Timsah, one of the Bitter lakes linked by the Canal. It is an administration center for the Suez Canal and still has a large number of Colonial housing dating from British and French involvement with the Canal. Most of these buildings are still used by Canal employees and officials.

Education

Ismailia is the home of Suez Canal University, established in 1976 to serve the region of Suez Canal and Sinai. Suez Canal University now is one of the fast growing educational institutes in Egypt with many students studying abroad.

Tourism

Ismaïlia does get tourists from within Egypt, but is not a major tourism destination for international tourists. The city is approximately a ninety minute automobile drive from Cairo. From Ismaïlia it is approximately a four hour drive to Sharm el Sheikh in South Sinai. Driving to the Taba Border Crossing at Taba and the Rafah Border Crossing at Rafah are both approximately four hour drives.

Sports

Ismaïlia's Sporting Club's soccer team Ismaily SC enjoys broad support from within the city and governorate, with fan bases extending to other Egyptian cities. The club's performance is considered a major political issue, and can tend to dictate the city's mood. The team enjoys brief stints of competition for local and international competition, but its financial situation prevents these stints from extending beyond a few years. The team has won the Egyptian League three times (1967, 1991, 2002), the Egyptian Cup twice (1997, 2000), and the African Champions League once (1969).

Military

Ismailia is the base for the Egyptian primary army named "the second field army

EGYPTIAN SOCCER HONORS

African Competitions :
6 Times Champion of African Cup of Nations (1957/59/86/98/2006/2008)
3 Times Champion of African Youth Championship (1981& 1991& 2003)
1 Time Champion of African Under-17 Championship (1997)
2 Times Gold Medalist at All Africa Games (Kenya 1987 / Zimbabwe 1995)
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations :
2 Time Runners-Up
Arab Competitions :
3 Times Gold Medalist at the Pan Arab Games (1953, 1965, 2007)
1 Time Champion of Arab Cup of Nations (1992)
Mediterranean Games :
1 Time Gold Medalist
1 Time Silver Medalist
1 Time Bronze Medalist
Francophone Games :
1 Time Bronze Medalist

SOCCER IN EGYPT

Soccer is egyptian`s second life. Soccer in Egypt is not only sport but also asomething that every body care about. Each person in Egypt has this feelings for sure. Egypt got the champions of Africa 6 times. The most country that got this cup in Africa.

RED SEA DIVING PACKAGES FOR QUALIFIED DIVERS

Where you can do it:

In Sharm el Sheikh, El Gouna, Hurghada, Aqaba or on board the VIP One liveaboard. Description: The Red Sea offers a range of wrecks of different types and eras, several with historic significance. These are at a range of depths, offering options for divers with differing levels of experience.A number of resorts offer wreck diving options. The S/S Thistlegorm and Dunraven in Shaab Ali & Shaab Mahmoud are accessible from Sharm el Sheikh. The wrecks of Abu Nuhas, the famed 'ship graveyard', include Giannis D, Carnatic, Chrisoula K, Kimon M and Rosalie Moller, and are accessible from El Gouna and Hurghada. Salem Express is best accessed Soma Bay and the Cedar Pride from Aqaba.Safety prerequisites >>
Where can you do wreck diving?
You can do wreck diving at a number of our approved dive centres across the Red Sea:• In Sharm el Sheikh with Red Sea Diving College or Red Sea Waterworld • In El Gouna with Dive Tribe • In Hurghada with Divers' Lodge • In Aqaba with Seastar • On board the liveaboard the VIP One, sailing from Sharm el Sheikh.

TOURISM IN EGYPT

Tourism is a major foreign exchange earner in Egypt, with 9,990,000 foreign tourist arrivals in 2007
Tourism figures in Egypt grew by 20%in 2007 with roughly 10 million tourist arrivals according to United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The Egyptian government plans to have 14 million visitors by 2011.
Attractions
The greatest tourist attractions in Egypt are the antiquities for which Egypt is known worldwide. Principal attractions include the pyramids and Great sphinx at Giza, the Abu simple temples south of Aswan, the Vally of the kings, and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha in Cairo. Also coastal areas in Sinai
Tourist information
Passports and visas are required of foreign visitors except natives of several Middle Eastern countries. Transit voyagers, however, that travel by ship or plane are not required to obtain visas. Traveler’s native to most of Africa must have proof of cholera and yellow fever vaccination.
Statistics
Income from tourism (1982–2003)
In 2000, there were 5,506,179 foreign tourist arrivals, with over 3,800,000 from Europe, and receipts totaled more than $4.3 billion. In that year there were 113,611 rooms in hotels and 227,222 beds with a 73% occupancy rate. In 2002, the US government estimated the average daily cost of staying in Cairo to be about $167, around the same as other major cities in Egypt.

TYPES OF SCHOOLS IN EGYPT

Government Schools

Generally speaking, there are two types of government schools: Arabic Schools and

Experimental Language Schools.
Arabic Schools, provide the governmental national curriculum in the Arabic Language
Experimental Language Schools, teach most of the government curriculum in English, and add

French as a second foreign language.
Private Schools
Generally speaking, they are three types of private schools:
Ordinary schools, their curriculum is quite similar to that of the government schools, but the

private schools pay more attention to the students' personal needs and to the school facilities.
Language schools, teach most of the government curriculum in English, and add French or German as a second foreign language. They are expected to be better than the other schools,

because of the facilities available, but their fees are much higher. Some of these schools use

French or German as their main language of instruction, but it may be difficult for the student to

study in governmental universities in Arabic or English afterwards.
Religious Schools, are religiously oriented schools that are sponsored by the Muslim

Brotherhood movement, especially in the western delta region. Their curricula differ from those

of the state or the Azhar schools.
Many of the private schools were built by missionaries, are currently affiliated with churches and

provide quality education.Many private schools offer additional educational programs, along with

the national curriculum, such as the American High School Diploma, the British IGCSE system,

the French baccalaureat, the German Abitur and the International Baccalaureate

EDUCATION IN EGYPT

The Egyptian educational system is highly centralized, and is divided into three stages:
Basic Education
Primary Stage
Preparatory Stage
Secondary Education
Post-Secondary education (College education)
Since the extension of the free compulsory education law in 1981 to include the Preparatory Stage, both Primary and Preparatory phases (Ages 6 through 14) have been combined together under the label Basic Education. Education beyond this stage depends on the student's ability.

Note
College education in Egypt is like a routine for any family. That means the family usually ask their kid which college you will go not you will go to college or no

MEDIA OF EGYPT

The media of Egypt is highly influential in Egypt and in the Arab World, attributed to its large audience and increasing freedom from government control. Freedom of the media is guaranteed in the constitution, and the government is increasingly respecting this, however many laws still remain that restrict this right. After the Egyptian presidential of Egypt 2008 , Ahmed Selim, office director for Information Minister Anas al-Fiqi, declared the era of a "free, transparent and independent Egyptian media."

ECONOMY OF EGYPT

Occupying the northeast corner of the African continent, Egypt is bisected by the highly fertile Nile valley, where most economic activity takes place. In the last 30 years, the government has reformed the highly centralized economy it inherited from President Gamel Abdel Nasser
During the 1990s, a series of International Monetary Fund arrangements, coupled with massive external debt relief resulting from Egypt`s participation in Gulf War coalition, helped Egypt improve its macroeconomic performance. The pace of structural reforms, including fiscal, monetary policies, privatization and new business legislations, helped Egypt to move towards a more market-oriented economy and, since the turn of the new millennium, prompted increased foreign investment.
The reform program is still a work in progress and the government will need to continue its aggressive pursuit of reforms in order to sustain the spike in investment and growth and begin to improve economic conditions for the broader population. Egypt's export sectors—particularly gold and natural gas—have bright prospects.

THE EGYPTIAN CLIMATE FROM OFFICIAL RESOURCE

Egypt does not receive much rainfall except in the winter months. South of Cairo, rainfall averages only around 2 to 5 mm (0.1 to 0.2 in) per year and at intervals of many years. On a very thin strip of the northern coast the rainfall can be as high as 410 mm (16 in), with most of the rainfall between October and March. Snow falls on Sinai's mountains and some of the north coastal cities such as Damietta, Baltim, Sidi Barrany, etc. and rarely in Alexandria, frost is also known in mid-Sinai and mid-Egypt.
Temperatures average between 80 °F (27 °C) and 90 °F (32 °C) in summer, and up to 109 °F (43 °C) on the Red Sea coast. Temperatures average between 55 °F (13 °C) and 70 °F (21 °C) in winter. A steady wind from the northwest helps hold down the temperature near the Mediterranean coast. The Khamaseen is a wind that blows from the south in Egypt in spring, bringing sand and dust, and sometimes raises the temperature in the desert to more than 100 °F (38 °C).

GEOGRAPHY OF EGYPT COMPARING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES

At 1,001,450 square kilometers (386,660 sq mi), Egypt is the world's 38th-largest country. In terms of land area, it is approximately the same size as all of Central America, twice the size of Spain, four times the size of the United Kingdom, and the combined size of the US states of Texas andCalifornia.
Nevertheless, due to the aridity of Egypt's climate, population centers are concentrated along the narrow Nile Valley and Delta, meaning that approximately 99% of the population uses only about 5.5% of the total land area

WIRELESS NETWORK

Wireless network refers to any type of computer network that is wireless, and is commonly associated with a telecommunication network whose interconnections between nodes is implemented without the use of wires. Wireless telecommunications networks are generally implemented with some type of remote information transmission system that uses electromagnatic waves, such as radio waves, for the carrier and this implementation usually takes place at the physical level or "layer" of the network

USES OF WIRELESS NETWORKS

Through the use of wireless networks, information could be sent overseas or behind enemy lines easily, efficiently and more reliably. Since then, wireless networks have continued to develop and their uses have grown significantly. celluar phones are part of huge wireless network systems. People use these phones daily to communicate with one another. Sending information overseas is possible through wireless network systems using satellites and other signals to communicate across the world. Emergency services such as the police department utilize wireless networks to communicate important information quickly. People and businesses use wireless networks to send and share data quickly whether it be in a small office building or across the world.
Another important use for wireless networks is as an inexpensive and rapid way to be connected to the Internet in countries and regions where the telecom infrastructure is poor or there is a lack of resources, as in mostdevoloping countries.

WHY SHOULD WE NEED A WIRELESS HOME NETWORK

Most of us have an access to the internet in our homes or even in small offices. Have you ever think how these offices or liberaries have all these computers with internet connection. Of course they are not paying for each computer inside the office or library. They do what it called a wirelss network.Unless your home or small office has been hard wired for a local area network meaning a network wiring in the walls, wall network ports, and a central switch or other connectivity device in a closet. The reason to creat a wireless home network is a fairly self evident. And while many homes and small offices may have started out with one shared computer that had a dial up internet connection. Lower cost computers and the avaliablity of extremely fast broadband internet connections make the creation of a home network highly desirable and affordable