Monday 31 January 2011

Mental Geography

Until yesterday evening, everything I knew about Egypt was contained in this clip:






Then I watched the 7.30 Report on ABC television and their reporter, Ben Knight, brought it all to life for me. I hope he gets an award for his reporting. I also hope that that nice chap we see him talk to - the one who calls himself part of 'the silent majority' - ends up okay. I fear the silent majority does not always prevail against the brutal few.

2 comments:

  1. Many years ago the Eyptian tourist board had an office in Picadilly. One morning I walked past on the way to work and was intrigued to see that they had put up a new poster which entreated, "Visit Egypt, Home of Monotheism". I've always wondered how many more visitors the country received as a result of this inspired piece of copy.

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  2. Talking of misconceived tourism campaigns, we were very sad when we saw that the Nigerian Embassy (in Northumberland Avenue) had decided to replace their enticing posters featuring Lagos's finest flyovers.

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