https://egybi.com/blog.html Egypt, told through its data — a monthly letter of real, cited stories from EgyBI. en https://egybi.com/papyrus/nineteen-million.html https://egybi.com/papyrus/nineteen-million.html Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Tourism In 2020 Egyptian tourism earned 4.4 billion dollars, down from 13 billion the year before. By 2025 the country was counting roughly 19 million visitors. The recovery is real, and the numbers along the way are messier than the headlines suggest. https://egybi.com/papyrus/a-country-that-runs-on-gas.html https://egybi.com/papyrus/a-country-that-runs-on-gas.html Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Energy Eighty-four percent of Egyptian electricity came from natural gas in 2023. Wind and solar together made five percent. Yet the country is building some of the largest renewable projects in Africa. Both things are true, and the gap between them is the story. https://egybi.com/papyrus/the-stones-that-left.html https://egybi.com/papyrus/the-stones-that-left.html Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 History Thirty-three ancient Egyptian obelisks survive. Only fifteen of them are in Egypt. The tallest one still standing anywhere is not in Luxor or Cairo but in Rome, and the reason why says a great deal about the last two thousand years. https://egybi.com/papyrus/ninety-four-years.html https://egybi.com/papyrus/ninety-four-years.html Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 History Pepi II is credited with the longest reign in recorded history. The number rests on one damaged papyrus, and many Egyptologists now think it is wrong. Here is why almost every ancient Egyptian date is really an argument. https://egybi.com/papyrus/the-pound-and-a-cup-of-tea.html https://egybi.com/papyrus/the-pound-and-a-cup-of-tea.html Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Economy In 2015 a US dollar bought you under 8 Egyptian pounds. By 2024 it bought about 50. Here is what that decade of devaluation actually did to everyday life — in numbers you can feel. https://egybi.com/papyrus/one-hundred-sixteen-million.html https://egybi.com/papyrus/one-hundred-sixteen-million.html Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 People Egypt had about 27 million people in 1960. It now has around 116 million. But the more striking number is how few square kilometres almost all of them actually live on. https://egybi.com/papyrus/the-canal-that-carries-the-world.html https://egybi.com/papyrus/the-canal-that-carries-the-world.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Economy The Suez Canal is one of the most important 193 kilometres of water on Earth. In 2023 it earned Egypt a record. In 2024 that record collapsed — and the reason had nothing to do with Egypt. https://egybi.com/papyrus/a-nile-of-wheat.html https://egybi.com/papyrus/a-nile-of-wheat.html Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Everyday Egypt harvests around nine million tonnes of wheat a year. It is also, in most years, the single largest wheat importer on the planet. Both facts are true, and the gap between them is the story of bread. https://egybi.com/papyrus/a-capital-in-the-desert.html https://egybi.com/papyrus/a-capital-in-the-desert.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Megaprojects A brand-new capital city. The largest archaeological museum on Earth. Africa’s longest monorail. Two thousand kilometres of high-speed rail. Here is what is actually finished — and what is still a construction site. https://egybi.com/papyrus/hollywood-on-the-nile.html https://egybi.com/papyrus/hollywood-on-the-nile.html Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Culture Egypt has made more films than the rest of the Arab world combined, invented Arabic-language movie stardom, and — after a hard few years — just had a box-office comeback. A short history in numbers. https://egybi.com/papyrus/pharaohs-salah-and-a-squash-dynasty.html https://egybi.com/papyrus/pharaohs-salah-and-a-squash-dynasty.html Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Sport Egypt holds more African football titles than any nation, has one of the greatest players alive, dominates a world sport almost no one talks about — and just qualified for the World Cup. https://egybi.com/papyrus/six-sites-one-year.html https://egybi.com/papyrus/six-sites-one-year.html Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 History Egypt has seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites — and six of them were added in the same year, 1979. The seventh is not a temple at all. A short tour of the country’s official wonders.