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Government Extortion, Egyptian-Style

On my return voyage from Egypt last week, I was treated to a good, old-fashioned police shakedown at Cairo International Airport. I was in transit from Amman, Jordan at the time, and I was trying to make my way to a different terminal in order to catch my connecting flight stateside. Unfortunately for me, the administrators of Cairo International Airport have not deemed it necessary to set up a transportation system between the terminals of the airport for transit passengers, so travelers wishing to change terminals need to miraculously find out which of the four terminals they are flying out of, and find someone who can "arrange" transportation for them.