Egypt Money and Shopping

The local currency is the Egyptian Pound, which is divided into 100 piastres. The currency is often written as LE or by using the pound sign £. In Arabic the pound is called gunaih, in turn derived from English "guinea", and piastres are known as qirsh or "'irsh". Read More »

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