HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-08-02, Page 7EGYPTIAN VISITOR—Magdy Zak'
BY LiSE G4INBY
"t :drink. Canada is a very beautiful
country,, ,and you have here • nice people.
Magdy Zaki, who lives just north of
Cairo in Egypt, has beeni in Canada for a
month. He'sspending much of his holiday
with Mr. and Mrs. Norman MacLean of
Egmondville.
tie met Mr. and Mrs- MacLean;'s
daughter, Liz, in London, England, and:
later became a friend of the family,
Magdy, .is taking six weeks off from his
jobs in. Egypt,, where he works from 8 a,m.
to 2p.m. as an inspector with the Egyptian
Ministiy of Supplies„ and from 3 p.m. to 8
p.m.. with his father in his furniture
factory,
"Everyone in Egypt works a long day,"
he said, "and there are lots of chances to
work,"'
Magdy, 28, learned the English lang-
uage when he studied for six months in
London. He finished university in Egypt,
and has a degree in agriculture,
Agriculture in Egypt, he said, is no
good ifyou try to compare it with Canada's.
farming. They now have a program
designed to put more land into use with
special irrigation systems, but most of the
agriculture is concentrated along the °Nile
River.
Cotton and sugar cane are the. main
crops in terms of quality and quantity in
Egypt, he said, and rice is also important.
Of the 40 millione o 1
in
e
p pEgypt, 9
million live in Cairo,• a city heavily
influenced by the Germans and the French.
The 'capital city of his country is much
busier than Montreal or Toronto, Magdy
said.
But even though the city is cosmopolitan
THE. 'HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGU4
Egyptian visitor likes �o
and large, the family life is close, he said.
Sons and daughters stay with their
parents longer, at least until they complete
university. Magdy lives with his parents at
the age of 28. There home is, a four -room
flat, a typical family dwelling. A large
budding will house a minimums Qf lS :flats,
said Magdy.
Contrary to. po,steard opinion, there are
no'camels in Cairo, he stresses, laughing«
The camae reervefor the u.,
who areels plentiful d .in Egypt. Althoughtqrists.
camels are still necessary for desert travel,
60 per cent of the families own cars, he
said,.
Magdy, who has travelled a great •deal.,
living in London, and visiting Paris,
Frankfurt, many Arab countries and
Canada said that from an airplane. Egypt
is the "best country in the world."
And in Alexandria, also a large city, is,
the "best beach in the world." The seven.
colours of the spectrum are reflected in the
salt water from the multi -coloured sand
With a texture as fine as powder. You can
walk five miles into the water, he said.
"We now have lots of first class betels,",
said Magdy, where a visitor can stay for as.
Kittle as $20. Although the S900 returnair
fare•may discourage a trip to Egypt, the
food is good and inexpensive - only five
cents for a sandwich,he said.
Life in Egypt has changed since
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat 'signed
the middle east peace treaty,sal
said Magdy.
Young men in hishomeland must serve in,
the army after university, he said, Magdy
lived in an army desert camp as a soldier
for 13 months, and he said it was a difficult
Army service is still compulsory, he said,
but a young ilttan need not stay in the
military force for long, and the army life
now is "not tori :dif#"icult."`
The Egyptian economy was, poor before
'the signing of the peace treaty, be said, hot
now "there is only one purpose in Egypt -
to build agar."
Magdy, who supports Sadat, also has
some opinions concerning Canadian' pelf,
tics. He produced an Egyptian magazine
(written from right tO left in unintelligible
scribbles if you're English-speaking only,
and read from back to front) with a picture
of Pierre Elliott Trudeau andhis wife,
Margaret. Trudeau is a "wisdom man,"
said Magdy.
The E'gyptiatfs don't like Joe Clark
moving the Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv
to Jerusalem, he said, because they are,
afraid that it "will make problems in the:
peace,"
"'Wehope Jerusalem to be as inter-
national city, .. for every religion,t'` said
Magdy,, who is a Christian.
Although he plans to return home soon,
Magdy said, that he would like to stay '!n
Canada for a longer period of time;
Magdy, whose homeland is blue -skied,
has clouds usually only in January and
February. and; for the last few months has.
had a temperature of 35 to 38 degrees,
would like to see Canadian, snow for the.
first time in his life.
Kilbarchan notes
If -.good
BYMA E AB L T. [T1tNB VLL
Wednesday afternoon was
:
chu rch day. Rev, J. McMul-
len of Kippen and. Brucefield
United Church took the:serv-
ice ..which. opened with the
following ':hymns: Amazing
Grace, What a Friend We
Have in Jesus, Kum Ba Yah,
Lord (meaning. Comemy
Lord), an African spiritual
which has become a 'folk.
spiritual, Breathe On Me
Breath of God. Rev. McMul-
len read, the scripture ;from.
St:. Matthew chap. 4, vs.: 1-1.1
which tells the story when
Christ was tempted by Satan
in three temptations. Read
the text in St Matthew 4, vs.
1.11 to renew this story
which is very familiar - how
Satan tested Christ but . He
was able to resist Satan's
promises:
Jesus was hungry and
Satan said he could turn the,
stonesinto bread and eat.
Taking him to' the highest
point in - the " temple, Satan
said to Him - If thou be the
son of God, cast thyself
down. He took him up into a
high mountain and showed
Him all the kingdoms he
would give Jesus if He would
fall down and worship him.
Read the chapter to see, how
Jesus answered his temptor.
The Bible tells his answers
better than l can relate. them.
They are quite easy to under-
stand in each case, The
meeting closed with hymns:
Breathe on me Breath of
God, God be with you till we
meet again Leaning on the
Everlasting Arms, Onward
Christian Soldiers, ' followed
by prayer, the Lord's Prayer
in unison and our snack
lunch.
Friday was our bridge day.
ung she knows where she is
Mrs. Mel Brady and ` Beth
Becheley joined, residents
Gladys Brightrall, Clarence
Jackson and M. Turnbull to
make the foursome. Perhaps:
it was Friday the; '13th that
, influenced the cards, as we
had to toss in. several hands
when there was. no. bid, . I.
thought .' 137 was'• my lucky
number. I reread a "•Kil-
barcha'n • Notes'': 1 wrote
about two years ago in which
I mentioned 13 as being my
lucky number and why I
thought so. 1 will maintain
that idea until something
more serious than a game of
cards changes my mind.
Clarence Jackson and Esther
Brady had the highest score:.
I feel 1 cannot let a very
important birthday go by
without adding my congrat-
•ulations to Miss Bessie
,Davidson. of the ` Seaforth
Manor . who ' celebrated her
94th 'birthday. -When we
moved from the Turnbull.
farm, "Dunipace" to town so
Ella and 1 could go to school
at .SPS,.:Father 'moved the
house from the ;orchard and
placed it on part of the Dr.
.Coleman farm at the eastern
limit of Side St. Father had
bought 68 acres of the Cole-
man farm and the large barn;
no doubt to use as a place for
his. cattle and horses which
he sent to Glasgow, Scot,
land in the early 1900s,
which burned down while he
owned it. Much' of this land
was purchased by the Sea -
forth District High School for
their extension -project: The
house 1. mentioned'' was sold
first to J.C. Laing and latter:
ly to Wm. Cleary, which
became, known as the Cleary
Turnbull Home!
Bessie Davidson lived with
us when we moved to town
for about two years: She was
a wonderful pp erson. We all
loved her, my parents and
children ' alike We .lived;
there until our homewas
built' on East William St.
Most of my growing' years
and more, have been spent
there until I was stricken and
moved to. Kilbarchan :Nuys-
ing Home. I still remember
Bessie when she lived i'n our
home, just like: one of the
family.. Over the'.years that
memory has been enriched
when she called here to see
me. It made me realize the
feeling was mutual.' Several
people I have known have
exploded the common idea
that "the good', die young.'' If
that is true, I .know where I.
stand as I' am the: only
remaining member of my
family. of •four members, alli',
younger than ,1'. am except
sister, Ella - my constant pal,
so much so, we were called
twins and always dressed
.alike,'
VISITORS
Mrs: • Harry ` Smith (nee
Helen :Smith R.N.) visited us,
this week from Calgary Alta.
Helen is a long- time friend of
:Pearl :s and, an ex -pupil of
mine. at SPS,:; She added a
spcial glow to the'rbom. She
is always so enthusiastic
about Seaforth; her "home
town and shows it. We
were happy to see her.,
Mrs- Marjerie Nind, List-
owel and daughter-in-law
Mrs: Derek Nind, Listowel,.
visited Mrs. Reba Bowman,
a resident here. from Lista.-
wel also.
Bridge was cancelled this
week owing to illness. A.
happy barbecue was held on
the lawn and a group went to.
Vanastra .to swim.
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Drinking drivers will prob-
ably find it profitable to stop
one activity Mille doing the
other in the near future.
Six A,L.k.it.1.s ha%e been
implemented. .L O.P.P,
detachments in Mount For-
est, Owen Sound and W alk.-
erton to assess the loci of:
alcohol consumed iiw drink-.•
ing drivers.
Though the Seaforth Police
Department does not yet
have the new hardware; the
device will eventually be -.
used in this: district, ;said an
officer from Mount.
Forest, and in "doe time"
will be used.provinee wide.
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The A1r of Levet lin e.
Roadside Tester. is
�atipn Roads ,_ esti• a
'portable electronic alcohol
breath tester that ilas • bean.
approved in accordance with
Section. 234;1 (4) of the
i al use t
Criminal Code for sc t the
roadside to test whether the
blood alcohol level of drivers
e creeds 80 milligrams of
alcohol for 100 milligrams of
blood:'
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mane, uses n chemicals c o
o
r.
gases and requires no
manipulations by the oper-
ator. Test resultsare indi
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a PASS, WARN ;or FAi1
•basis. . .
The FAIL -fight is activated
when the blood. alcohol
concentration is 100 ing, per,
cent or more, The officer
then has .reasonable and.
prob blegrounds to beh` ye
that the driscr
has a blood
alcohol' level in excess • of 80
Mg. pet cent and can make
'.'the demand for the sub-
sequent breath tests:wt
h• the
. E rkenstein Breathalyzer.
it is now an offence to
refuse a roadside or a breath -
Oiler tett.
The A,T,.E«lt,T. IS. Only a
liquor' offence fines have
been raised at the Goderich
courthouse, principally the
possession of liquor in a
sitor
id
roads' e
test, and does not
prove an offence. It is used
only to determine a response
that can give 'grounds' for
further testing,
In addition to the imple-
mentation of A.L.E.R.T., all
place other than the resi-
dence, 354.fines• are raised to
3104 effective August 1, and
for offences involving those
under g
19 years of age, there
is no longer any out of court
settlement.
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