be safe in egypt

Aysha.young · 2013-05-31T12:02:07+02:00

Would like to share this with other expats living in Egypt. This is not an isolated incident but has happened to many and they are not reported including myself. Dear Cairo Scholars, I wanted to report an incident that happened to my friend yesterday night (around 8 pm): she took a cab from Garden City to go to Zamalek, and after a few minutes when she realized the taxi wasn't on the right track and was actually doing a loop, he stopped the car next to 6th October bridge in front on the Mariott. He threatened her with a knife, forced her to give her bag, phone, jewellery. He had locked the car so she couldn't escape, and the back windows were tinted so no one could see her from outside. Each time she tried to escape he was threatening her with a knife not to do so. She finally managed to escape. We helped her to file a complaint at the police station. Thought it was worth reporting as it happened in central Cairo, not so late. The driver was in his 40's and it was a white taxi. Leila Like · · Unfollow Post · Share · Tuesday at 10:

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El.DalySerial member15 June 2013 17:45:10

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ahmadm are you a goofball?

all i gotta say ladies :

it would be alot better if u got a friend with u at night time

like work partner or something

+++ pepper spray

its only a few thirsty taxi drivers .. just few corrupted ones

its not really unsafe here .. only few incidents

i hope yall stay safe

gjcktori954Guest15 June 2013 21:59:01

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Hi El.Daly.. Yes you're right it's just a few silly taxi drivers trying there luck.

That is what we are doing on here.. just letting each other know what is happening and telling everyone to stay safe and not take uneccessary risks.

Thank you for understanding and not taking our comments personaly.

Sandra

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