Yes, it is possible to get an unfurnished apartment in Egypt, but if you are coming here on your own and you don’t speak the local language, I would suggest that you got a furnished apartment first until you get to know the ropes. Unfurnished here means just the walls, doors, and windows! Depends on the area and price, there may be a fitted kitchen, but that would just be cupboards and a sink, not fridge, cooker, washing machine. There may not even be curtain rails, coat hooks, towel rails, etc. in the apartment. Furnishing is not a simple process either as second-hand furniture is not easily come by as it is in the west, unless you happen to know ex-pats who are leaving the country, for example. Most people who move into an unfurnished apartment either buy new furniture, which is expensive if you have western tastes or get it made, and you need contacts for that.