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A refuge from crowds and strict dress codes in Egypt
By Daniel Williams Bloomberg News Published: August 14, 2007
EL GOUNA, Egypt: For years, Lamia Khalifa trudged across the sands under Egypt's scorching sun searching for a better life - a better life on the beach, that is.
In her quest for a summer vacation away from other Egyptians, she has gone from the crowded shores of her hometown, Alexandria, to a Mediterranean village ultimately overwhelmed by urban sprawl. Her next refuge was a gated nouveau-riche enclave. Now Khalifa, a retail fashion buyer, has come to El Gouna, a new Red Sea resort with no hordes, no clutter and no hostility toward women who bathe in something less than a full-length robe.
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