Egypt TV: Beware of Strangers

By Micah Halpern

I've Been Thinking:

We all know that Egypt is in the midst of significant transition.

But, despite it all, they still need tourists to survive.

Tourism is Egypt's largest single economic branch and the industry been hit very hard by the unrest. Tourism is an even larger contributor to the Egyptian GNP than their oil and gas industries.
So imagine my shock when I saw that Egyptian national TV was running ads sponsored by the government to "Beware of foreigners, they may be spies."

Xenophobia in Egypt is off the charts. This is worse than Egyptian hatred of Israel.

After an outcry from people who understood the danger these ads can do, the Egyptian National Television Authority finally pulled the ads. They said they pulled them for fear that they may be misunderstood.

There is very little to misunderstand.

Micah@MicahHalpern.com

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