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tive galabeya and headscarf mixing two types of blue patterned fabric. Her table included knitted bags and belts made from sheeps wool and long, colourful, beaded necklaces.

Fatma Osman was the eldest of the women and lives in She-lateen which is over six hours drive south from El Gouna close to the borders with Sudan. Her table was full of palm woven baskets, some decorated with coloured wool. The palms are uniquely woven close together so the baskets can be used to collect milk from the goats.

Fatma also sold the Gabana coffee kits which consists of the traditional round bottomed terracotta coffee pot, with a tall thin vertical spout. The ritual begins by roasting the coffee beans in a tin over the fire. They are then ground with a pestle and mortar, and carefully placed inside the Gabana pot. The round bottom sits comfortably in the hot firewood or coals, and when removed from the fire, it is placed in a special circular goat or camel leather base which is often decorated with co-lourful beads and shells.

Spices can then be ground to be added to the coffee inside the Gabana. Ginger and cardamom are the most popular spices used. When the Gabanas began to boil, the coffee is carefully poured into an odd number of tiny egg-cup sized china cups called Feenghal. The hot coffee has a wonderful spicy flavour that gives a welcome kick to the powerful drink.

At the next table, young Fatma Juma from Marsa Alam looked beautiful wearing a plain purple galabeya and headscarf. She was selling her beaded jewellery and basket work. Next to her sat Amna from Shelateen in plain blue cloth. Her woven baskets included leather details, and she also displayed different styles of handbags made from woven strips of leather.

Another unique artefact for sale was made for storing non-vaporizing oils. The Louzah is a small pumpkin that has been painted with natural colours, and decorated with multi-coloured beads and seashells cascading along the sides that indicate the value of its content. It is covered with natural woven leather.

Ali, a Shelateen tribesman, easily recognised with their distinc-tive black waistcoats over white galabeyas, assisted the women during the event.

Many Red Sea tribes live in traditional huts, made of either cam-el or goat wool, and woven on a loom by the women. There are usually two rooms and the sides of the tents can be opened. It is the womens job to roll up the tents and pack them onto the camels when the nomadic tribes move to a new area.

The women have all been inspired by the their mothers and grandmothers work as they sat together under the shade of the acacia trees. They have been seeking new ways to market and sell their crafts, travelling 300km to reach the few tour-ists in all the hotels in the Red Sea area south of Marsa Alam, has been hard and does not bring enough income. The women were grateful for the help of the Rotary Club to sell their prod-ucts in El Gouna.

As the sun began to set, more visitors arrived eager to view the crafts. Money exchanged hands as products were purchased to support the women and their families. Matching the coloured beads with bags and accessories, Bedouin culture was turning into a fashion statement. Elisa Hansen, all the way from Mel-bourne, Australia, had been looking forward to the event. She said, There were women from all over the Red Sea area. It was lovely to see the traditional crafts. The beading and weav-ing work was beautiful. It was a relaxed, fun, and educational evening at the Dawar El Omda hotel.

For those who were unable to attend the traditional craft event, Yadaweya has many shops in Senzo Mall south of Hurghada in the new upper level which is part of a Khan el Khalili style shop-ping mall. The entrance is near Kidzo and there is an escalator to the craft shops in the first floor.

For more information please check the Facebook page: Rotary Club of Red Sea-El Gouna and the website http://www.yadaweya.com/


Traditional Egyptian CraftsArtisans of the Southern Red Sea Villages of Egypt Text and Photography: Rotary Club of Red Sea El Gouna

The Dawar El Omda Boutique Hotel in Downtown El Gouna was the perfect setting for the Rotary Club of Red Sea for El Gounas Traditional Craft event to raise awareness for the handicrafts from Shelateen, Wadi Gamal National Park, and Marsa Alam along the Southern Red Sea Coast of Egypt.

The Dawar El Omda Hotel is reminiscent of a grand mansion in Upper Egypt, and the perfect location for Rotary Club mem-bers who had been searching for an authentic setting for their first Event which was held on Wednesday 14th September 2016 during the busy Eid Al Adha feast.

Hotel General Manager, Veronique Lusci, and Usama Ghazali, CEO and Co-Founder of Yadaweya, who provide an online platform to market traditional crafts from all over Egypt, had helped the Rotary organise the event. A spacious sunny terrace overlooking the swimming pool and lagoon was chosen as the perfect place to display the craft tables.

Six Bedouin women arrived loaded with bags full of leather-work, beaded jewellery, handbags, fabric, and straw baskets, and began setting up tables with white cloths and proudly lay-ing out their work. The air was full of the sound of traditional tribal music with the stringed tamboura.

Visitors began arriving at 5 pm as the sun started to cool down, and Rotarian Georgina Cole introduced the artisans in turn.

The first table belonged to Umm Sadallah who has five chil-dren and lives in Abu Ghosoun approximately four and a half hours drive south of El Gouna. The table displayed ornaments and jewellery made with fine leather work and decorated with colourful beading. The leather comes from the village sheep.

The second table belonged to Umm Abdo who has three chil-dren and lives in Qulaan, in the same area of Wadi El Gemal National Park, around 70 km south of Marsa Alam. Her table also included beaded jewellery in bright colours reflecting the late afternoon light, and cotton scarves and bangles.

The villages are part of Wadi El Gemal National Park which covers an area of 4,770 square kilometers. The park includes coastal desert with mountains that run parallel to the Red Sea coast, and around 2,000 sqm of marine waters. The wadi is the third largest in the Eastern Desert and the main artery for underground water that runs through the mountain range.

The Ababda tribes are the main inhabitants with their unique traditional culture, songs, and music. Caring for livestock, they also collect desert plants for food, medicine, and trade.

Yadaweyas Usama Ghazali gained a lot of experience during his time working for the National Parks of Egypt. Twenty-five year old Aisha lives with her family in Hamata which is 120 km south of Marsa Alam. The pretty young woman wore a distinc-

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Cairo Seminar 29-30.0901.10.2016

An amazing event with more than 400 participants, a pre-session of The Zone 20B ThessalonikiInstitute.

The themes of the presentations and the panels were:-Correlations between Public Image & Membership-CoL: Changes & Effects-Desertion & Retention: Why & How (Panel)-Case studies in Membership-Recruitment: An approach of Age diversity & How to support youth clubs (p)-Extension: How to Forecast a district for 5 years (p)-Recognition & >>>>FUNWonderful atmosphere, wonderful people, friendship, dedication!ALL CAIRO PARTICIPANTS FROM INTERACT, ROTARACT to ROTARY CAN BE ALLCELEBRATED IN THE NEW GENERATIONS MONTH AS GREEN MINDS!Congratulations D2451 & D2452!Congratulations DG Mayan RASLAN!

Corneliu

I. September nominationsI nominate DG Mayan RASLAN The Rotarian of the Month,The New Generations Month!Together with an exquisite Organization Team Governor RASLAN reminded us how easy it is for the Rotarian friends to be together, to be preoccupied of their common future, to have fun. I also felt that something special is happening in these districts (2451 & 2452) where goodwill, understanding and cooperation are at home, where volunteering and charm are parts of common sense. Finally I found the answer: the great number of Rotarian ladies are making the difference! They are the real plus and I really wonder why DG Mayan is only the first lady governor in these districts history?

Lets present some conclusions of the seminar:a. An effective Public Image is creating a healthy membershipin Rotary. The community impact of the Rotarian activitiesand the quality of the existent Rotary club members are themain elements in attracting new members.b. Flexibility and tradition have to live together inside aRotary club in a balance decided by its membersc. Retention has to act against the Intention to leave. Thepercentage of remained persons, out of the initial number ofmembers it is considered to be the Retention rate. Where isthe club intervention? This is a Passive Retention rate!The correct Active Retention rate is based on clubinterventions and has to be reported by the club presidents,its calculus being very difficult for 34,000 clubs.

d. For Interactors and Rotaractors the early Rotary membership seems not to be always appropriate. For the young people volunteering means a young environment, fun, the common property of new-different ideas and actions and even a diploma proving a certain social assistance experience. They have to be kept close by informal Rotary-contacts because now they are mainly preoccupied by their future and not to become Rotarians in an old club. Online meeting clubs are a solution to keep them near.

COMMENTS:..Thanks to our lovely committed DG Mayan RASLAN whomade such an effort to make this multidistrict event succeed and achievable on our lands.Rafeek Ramzy Michal, Egypt (D2451)

Mayan RASLAN had a vision. She is the 2451 DistrictGovernor in Egypt. Along with expertize in PR she appointed aTeam work to realize her dream, our dream: unify Rotarians in three Districts to discuss their same Rotary concerns. The OTdid it 100% and got a standing ovation. Wow! We thank them.DGN Michel JAZZAR, Lebanon (D2452)

II. Zones RMPS ImplementationAfter three months please start, dear DGs, the RegionalMembership Plans visits at the proposed assisted clubs.Reimbursements will be made gradually on an expensesdocuments basis.

III. Rotary Vision survey for DGsDuring October please start a short survey having asparticipants the Club Presidents from the Zones 19 & 20. Invite them to respond to the same TWO questions as you did; if they will apply for the 2016-17 Presidential Citation and to nominate which is the Area of Focus which represents in their clubs the main field of activity (in the projects made with no TRF financial support).Deadline to send the results to the RCs and to me: December 1

IIII. Zone 19 & 20 - The Greatest 2016-17 EventsLets meet at the RI Madrid Institute, November 25-28!Register for Atlanta 2016-17 Convention! Your flag will bethere!

INSTEAD OF (MY) FINAL SIGNATURE, I humbly share thiscomment:A plus was the guidance of RI Director from Romania Corneliu DincaCorneliu is a perfect school in the take it easy. I like this man and may I salute publicly his transparency in relationship and his passion for Rotary values.DGN Michel JAZZAR, Lebanon

Newsletter Zones 19 & 20

Corneliu Dinca, Ph.D.RI Director, Zones 19 & 20, 2016 - 2018Regional Coordinator, Europe D, 2012 - 2015Rotary Club of Craiova, Romania, D2241


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An international survey found that 40 percent of the public has never heard of Rotary. Another 40 percent say they recognize the name but dont know what Rotary does.

This means they dont understand all that your club has achieved in your community. Or how, together, were tackling global challenges. Like German and Sri Lankan Rotarians rebuilding a maternity hospital after the 2004 tsunami, so mothers and their children can be healthy and strong. Or Austrian Rotarians welcoming refu-gees to their small town. Or clubs in Belize, Guate-mala, and Honduras working on sustainable ways to bring clean water to more people every day.

Define the value of what your club does

Or how were uniting the world to end polio once and for all.

That makes it harder to attract and inspire new members, prospective donors, and volunteers.

To help you get the message out, weve created a messaging tool kit, which offers clear principles and compelling talking points that you can adapt and make your own.

Spread the word in your community. Find the mes-saging tool kit at www.rotary.org/brandcenter.

When someone asks, What is Rotary? we have a clear, compelling, and consistent answer: Rotary joins leaders from all continents, cultures, and occupations to exchange ideas and take action for communities around the world.

Do the people in your community know about your clubs work?

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Every Rotarian brings something distinct and indispensable to our community, whether its personality, passion, or professional experience. That multidisciplinary perspective allows us to see and solve challenges in ways others cant.

We represent our local communities but tackle projects of every scale and on every continent, and inspire our friends, neighbors, and partners to join us. We do this by connecting different points of view, exchanging fresh ideas, forging lifelong friendships and taking action. Because we are people of action who are tackling our communities most persistent problems with fresh thinking and enduring solutions.

So what is changing? Only how we tell our story. As Rotarians, you are Rotarys strongest cham-pions. And Rotarians have all experienced life-changing moments when they realize the extent of our impact. These personal moments are why people join and stay with Rotary.

Take the first step: Share your Rotary experience with two friends and colleagues this month in person, on social media, or at the office and encourage them to visit www.rotary.org for more information. And learn other ways you can share your stories at www.rotary.org/brandcenter.

What makes Rotary different?

Share your story with the world

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An international survey found that 40 percent of the public has never heard of Rotary. Another 40 percent say they recognize the name but dont know what Rotary does.

This means they dont understand all that your club has achieved in your community. Or how, together, were tackling global challenges. Like German and Sri Lankan Rotarians rebuilding a maternity hospital after the 2004 tsunami, so mothers and their children can be healthy and strong. Or Austrian Rotarians welcoming refu-gees to their small town. Or clubs in Belize, Guate-mala, and Honduras working on sustainable ways to bring clean water to more people every day.

Define the value of what your club does

Or how were uniting the world to end polio once and for all.

That makes it harder to attract and inspire new members, prospective donors, and volunteers.

To help you get the message out, weve created a messaging tool kit, which offers clear principles and compelling talking points that you can adapt and make your own.

Spread the word in your community. Find the mes-saging tool kit at www.rotary.org/brandcenter.

When someone asks, What is Rotary? we have a clear, compelling, and consistent answer: Rotary joins leaders from all continents, cultures, and occupations to exchange ideas and take action for communities around the world.

Do the people in your community know about your clubs work?

Brand_13.indd 54 6/17/16 1:21 PM


Every Rotarian brings something distinct and indispensable to our community, whether its personality, passion, or professional experience. That multidisciplinary perspective allows us to see and solve challenges in ways others cant.

We represent our local communities but tackle projects of every scale and on every continent, and inspire our friends, neighbors, and partners to join us. We do this by connecting different points of view, exchanging fresh ideas, forging lifelong friendships and taking action. Because we are people of action who are tackling our communities most persistent problems with fresh thinking and enduring solutions.

So what is changing? Only how we tell our story. As Rotarians, you are Rotarys strongest cham-pions. And Rotarians have all experienced life-changing moments when they realize the extent of our impact. These personal moments are why people join and stay with Rotary.

Take the first step: Share your Rotary experience with two friends and colleagues this month in person, on social media, or at the office and encourage them to visit www.rotary.org for more information. And learn other ways you can share your stories at www.rotary.org/brandcenter.

What makes Rotary different?

Share your story with the world

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Many people

dont know much about

Rotary

Despite more than a century of Rotarians

creating change in communities around

the globe, many people dont understand

what Rotary is, how were different, and

why they should engage with us. To thrive

in the 21st century, Rotary needs a strong

identity. And while every Rotarians ex-

perience is unique, how we tell Rotarys

story should be consistent. You can help

by following these simple steps.

Together, we can change that

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Around the world, you find the Rotary wheel along roadsides, in parks, and on sponsored projects. While no two clubs are exactly alike, our wheel signals that what Rotary represents people coming together to move our communities forward is the same everywhere.

Like the Nike swoosh, the power of the Rotary wheel is in its consistency. When an organiza-tion refreshes its logo, as Rotary did in 2013, using the updated mark is critically important.

Thats why Rotary International created the Brand Center to help clubs use Rotarys refreshed logo consistently and correctly.

Visit www.rotary.org/brandcenter often to find:

High-resolution logos and graphics you can download

A quick start guide to refreshing your club website Photos and videos you can use on your website and on social media to promote membership, Rotarys areas of focus, and polio eradication

Templates for brochures, newsletters, press releases, and other materials that you can customize to promote your club, project, or event

Sample ads for print, billboards, and television

Celebrate our new look and feelHow can you help keep Rotarys identity strong?


Brand_13.indd 53 6/17/16 1:20 PM


Many people

dont know much about

Rotary

Despite more than a century of Rotarians

creating change in communities around

the globe, many people dont understand

what Rotary is, how were different, and

why they should engage with us. To thrive

in the 21st century, Rotary needs a strong

identity. And while every Rotarians ex-

perience is unique, how we tell Rotarys

story should be consistent. You can help

by following these simple steps.


Brand_13.indd 52 6/17/16 1:20 PM


Around the world, you find the Rotary wheel along roadsides, in parks, and on sponsored projects. While no two clubs are exactly alike, our wheel signals that what Rotary represents people coming together to move our communities forward is the same everywhere.

Like the Nike swoosh, the power of the Rotary wheel is in its consistency. When an organiza-tion refreshes its logo, as Rotary did in 2013, using the updated mark is critically important.

Thats why Rotary International created the Brand Center to help clubs use Rotarys refreshed logo consistently and correctly.

Visit www.rotary.org/brandcenter often to find:

High-resolution logos and graphics you can download

A quick start guide to refreshing your club website Photos and videos you can use on your website and on social media to promote membership, Rotarys areas of focus, and polio eradication

Templates for brochures, newsletters, press releases, and other materials that you can customize to promote your club, project, or event

Sample ads for print, billboards, and television

Celebrate our new look and feelHow can you help keep Rotarys identity strong?


Brand_13.indd 53 6/17/16 1:20 PM

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1 ] ENGLANDElizabeth Regina, a glorious name /

For a glorious Queen with a glorious

reign / You came to the throne, young

and free / Not knowing how brilliant

a leader youd be.

Thus begins student Thomas

Dohertys ode to Queen Elizabeth II,

penned for Rotary Great Britain and

Irelands Poem for Her Majesty

competition, which attracted entries

from budding bards ages seven to 17,

youth well versed in iambic pentameter

and other metrical pursuits of song

and sonnet.

The reason for the rhyme? The

queens 90th birthday, on 21 April.

Seventeen winning entries including

Through the Eyes of the Corgis,

referencing the monarchs pooches

were winnowed from hundreds of

contributions. The organizer, Peter

Dowse, of the Rotary Club of Brentwood

Breakfast, England, and a past governor

of District 1240, calls the pieces imag-

inative, well written, and a joy to read.

The winning poems were sent to Her

Majesty via the senior correspondence

offi cer at Buckingham Palace.

by B R A D W E B B E R

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Rotary projects around the globeWorld Roundup

The Poetry Society, founded in London in 1909, has almost 4,000 members.

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2 ] NICARAGUAIn two rural towns outside the capital city of Managua, wells used by more than 2,000 residents have tested positive for contaminants that include fecal coliform. So the Rotary Club of Ciudad Sandino, which had worked with the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara Sunrise, Calif., to renovate health clinics and provide fi rst-aid kits, partnered with the club on another initiative deliver-ing potable water. As an interim solution while the infrastructure initiative moves through planning and funding stages, Rotarians provided locally manufactured ceramic water fi lters to more than 500 households, two schools, and two health clinics. A team of eight health promoters trained the heads of each household to assemble, use, and maintain the fi lters.

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One-third of Nicaraguans lack access to safe water or proper toilets.

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4 ] INDIASince 2008, dozens of disabled students at the Asha special education center in the city of Vadodara have leaned on a special friend: the Rotary Club of Baroda Sayajinagari. The club has donated benches and desks, a treadmill, playground apparatus, and a motor sensory room, and annually provides about $1,000 so the school can hire therapists, says club member Minal Shah. One focus is to help students with autism, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy to gain self-suffi ciency; Rotarians have contributed equipment to manufacture incense sticks and door-mats, among other products. From time to time, members visit them on their birthdays and celebrate with them, Shah adds.

5 ] MOROCCORotaractors at ESITH, a textile engineering school, collaborated with 13 doctors and a dentist to gather 300 boxes of medicine; 600 pounds of clothing, boots, and socks; 90 blankets; and 60 toys plus an ample supply of face paint and glitter for a medical and humanitarian caravan. They brought health screenings to some 300 people in the impoverished town of it Ben Azzou, about 280 miles from Casablanca. Thirty members of the Rotaract Club of ESITH participated, raising money with a Halloween party and a games festival at the school, as well as through paint-ing childrens faces at a shopping mall.

3 ] BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDSHeeding a government call to help restore the shoreline to its pristine state, the Rotaract Club of Tortola hit the beach, spending four hours on 17 October scooping up seaweed. This was indeed a task that couldnt be undertaken by the Conserva-tion and Fisheries Department alone, so the Rotary family of the BVI decided to do what we do best which is to come together for the greater good of the community, says Sharona Pickering, a past president of the club. Fourteen Rotaractors, including members of Rotaract Clubs of University of the Virgin Islands and Virgin Gorda, were among the 16 volunteers who carried away 230 bags of beach debris.

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1 ] ENGLANDElizabeth Regina, a glorious name /

For a glorious Queen with a glorious

reign / You came to the throne, young

and free / Not knowing how brilliant

a leader youd be.

Thus begins student Thomas

Dohertys ode to Queen Elizabeth II,

penned for Rotary Great Britain and

Irelands Poem for Her Majesty

competition, which attracted entries

from budding bards ages seven to 17,

youth well versed in iambic pentameter

and other metrical pursuits of song

and sonnet.

The reason for the rhyme? The

queens 90th birthday, on 21 April.

Seventeen winning entries including

Through the Eyes of the Corgis,

referencing the monarchs pooches

were winnowed from hundreds of

contributions. The organizer, Peter

Dowse, of the Rotary Club of Brentwood

Breakfast, England, and a past governor

of District 1240, calls the pieces imag-

inative, well written, and a joy to read.

The winning poems were sent to Her

Majesty via the senior correspondence

offi cer at Buckingham Palace.


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The Poetry Society, founded in London in 1909, has almost 4,000 members.

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2 ] NICARAGUAIn two rural towns outside the capital city of Managua, wells used by more than 2,000 residents have tested positive for contaminants that include fecal coliform. So the Rotary Club of Ciudad Sandino, which had worked with the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara Sunrise, Calif., to renovate health clinics and provide fi rst-aid kits, partnered with the club on another initiative deliver-ing potable water. As an interim solution while the infrastructure initiative moves through planning and funding stages, Rotarians provided locally manufactured ceramic water fi lters to more than 500 households, two schools, and two health clinics. A team of eight health promoters trained the heads of each household to assemble, use, and maintain the fi lters.

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4 ] INDIASince 2008, dozens of disabled students at the Asha special education center in the city of Vadodara have leaned on a special friend: the Rotary Club of Baroda Sayajinagari. The club has donated benches and desks, a treadmill, playground apparatus, and a motor sensory room, and annually provides about $1,000 so the school can hire therapists, says club member Minal Shah. One focus is to help students with autism, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy to gain self-suffi ciency; Rotarians have contributed equipment to manufacture incense sticks and door-mats, among other products. From time to time, members visit them on their birthdays and celebrate with them, Shah adds.

5 ] MOROCCORotaractors at ESITH, a textile engineering school, collaborated with 13 doctors and a dentist to gather 300 boxes of medicine; 600 pounds of clothing, boots, and socks; 90 blankets; and 60 toys plus an ample supply of face paint and glitter for a medical and humanitarian caravan. They brought health screenings to some 300 people in the impoverished town of it Ben Azzou, about 280 miles from Casablanca. Thirty members of the Rotaract Club of ESITH participated, raising money with a Halloween party and a games festival at the school, as well as through paint-ing childrens faces at a shopping mall.

3 ] BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDSHeeding a government call to help restore the shoreline to its pristine state, the Rotaract Club of Tortola hit the beach, spending four hours on 17 October scooping up seaweed. This was indeed a task that couldnt be undertaken by the Conserva-tion and Fisheries Department alone, so the Rotary family of the BVI decided to do what we do best which is to come together for the greater good of the community, says Sharona Pickering, a past president of the club. Fourteen Rotaractors, including members of Rotaract Clubs of University of the Virgin Islands and Virgin Gorda, were among the 16 volunteers who carried away 230 bags of beach debris.

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1 ] KENYAWhen David Hastie of the Rotary Club of

Nairobi Gigiri heard an emotional inter-

view with Hannah Ngendo, a visually

impaired athlete who missed competing

in the International Paralympic Commit-

tee Athletics World Championships

because of a lack of government fund-

ing, he was inspired to help. His newly

chartered Rotary club quickly raised

$6,000 from Rotarians, the Chandaria

Foundation, and the National Spinal

Injury Trust to fund transportation and

food and drink for 52 athletes and

coaches who attend weekly training ses-

sions. A 300-mile wheelchair relay from

Nairobi to Mombasa was organized to

help raise funds for the team, says Has-

tie, who previously had worked with

Paralympic swimmers in a benefi t for

End Polio Now and other charities. Has-

tie frequently attends training sessions

with his son James and fellow club

member Peter Mudanya. Besides photo-

graphing and videotaping the athletes,

the three set up and helped administer

a Facebook page for the Kenya National

Paralympic Committee.

The assistance has paid off in win-

ning ways: On the road to qualifying for

the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

in September, Kenyan athletes earned

24 medals in qualifying competitions in

United Arab Emirates and Tunisia, and

more contests in track and fi eld were to

be held in Morocco in May. Kenya has

world-class Paralympic athletes who

deserve the opportunity to compete on

the world stage, Hastie says. Our club

has given moral and fi nancial support,

but there is so much more to be done.


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More than 4,000 athletes participate in the Paralympic Games.

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4 ] PHILIPPINESThe Rotary Club of San Pedro South took a hands-on approach to nourishing children. For three years, two Rotarians spent up to four hours every school day overseeing a meal project at the Pacita Complex 1 Elementary School. In partnership with the foundation of food manufacturer Century Pacifi c Food Inc., club members collectively paid $950 a year to feed 120 pupils. Club past President Leofelia Aquinde chaired the project, in which Rotarians provided rice and utensils, kept inventory of foodstuffs, and managed the parent volunteers who cooked the meals. Aside from giving nutritious food, along the way, the program also taught the pupils discipline as they queue for their food, good manners during eating, cleanliness, grooming, and respect for others, says Reynaldo Bongao, another past president.

3 ] DOMINICANearly a year after Tropical Storm Erika thrashed Dominica, the Rotary Club of Portsmouth remains hard at work rebuilding the Caribbean island. We are a smaller club of 27 members, and all of us participated and recruited family members, neigh-bors, and friends as volunteers, says club mem-ber Sean Reid. In all, some 40-plus pallets of water, food, and clothing were distributed through our volunteer network. Looking to the long term, we have focused on the construction of backup water storage and delivery systems for the schools of Dominica. Construction of two such water systems was underway as of April, at a cost of $15,000 each. A new annual 5K fundraising run helps pay for the projects, he says.

2 ] ENGLANDEuropean Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake unfurled the banner of the Rotary Club of Locks Heath in a window of the International Space Station in late January. Peake is the fi rst British astronaut at the station and the fi rst ESA astronaut from his country to undertake a spacewalk. Upon learning that Penny Scarbro, a member of the Locks Heath club, is Peakes godmother, club past President John Hopwood broached the idea of an orbital fl ag-waving, and Peake obliged. The banner highlights the good work of Rotary in Locks Heath and all over the world, Peake told ITV. The banner will take a place of pride in club meetings upon its return to Earth.

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The International Space Station fl ies at an average altitude of about 248 miles above the Earths surface.

5 ] INDIAThe Rotary Club of Akurdi Pune reached its goal of screening 10,000 underprivileged girls ages 14 to 16 for low hemoglobin. The project tackles a common problem in India, in part a result of vegetarian diets low in iron and the high rate of early marriage and early childbearing in the country. About 3,500 of the girls whose hemo-globin counts were low were given iron and calcium tablets, and their parents briefed by doctors about maladies, such as anemia, that are caused by a lack of healthy red blood cells, says Rakesh Agarwal, the clubs immediate past president. From July through October 2015, the club sent lab technicians and equipment to schools for the project, supported by the Niran-jan Charitable Trust. Rotarians donated $5,000 of the $30,000 project cost, and medicine and supplements were provided by the municipality.

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1 ] NETHERLANDSDutch Rotarians are using petal

power to benefi t End Polio Now. What

began as the purchase of the rights

to name and sell a new variety of

tulip during a charity auction in late

2013 has blossomed into a continuing

fundraiser involving all seven Rotary

districts in the Netherlands.

A delegation of Dutch district

governors bid about $15,000 for the

rights to the fl ower during a televised

fund drive for the victims of Typhoon

Haiyan in the Philippines. In the fi rst

two years of the initiative, more than

7,500 boxes of 25 End Polio Now Tulips

which match the red and yellow of

the End Polio Now logo were sold,

generating about $75,000 to fi ght polio.

Jan Hol, a past governor of District

1550 and the owner of a company that

produces cardboard packaging and

promotional materials, created fl iers

and displays to generate interest.

The Dutch clubs have sold the tulip

bulbs to members and the public, and

purchased them to be planted in parks.

Clubs in nearby countries, including

France and Germany, have also been

enlisted to proffer the bulbs in a

campaign with perennial possibilities.


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There are more than 3,000 varieties, and 150 species, of tulips.

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4 ] KYRGYZSTANThe Rotaract Club of Bishkek organized a soc-cer tournament for 30 orphan children, ages 10 to 14, with a goal of instilling habits of exercise, good sportsmanship, and a healthy lifestyle. Four orphanages vied for the Friend-ship Cup title, which included medals and trophies. The tournament excited the children who were not only happy with this event, but also with the opportunity to play [against the other] orphanages, says Akim Yucel, the clubs immediate past president. Rotaractors provided transportation to the fi eld, meals, and soccer gear, including footwear. Among the sponsors were six local pharmaceutical companies, which kicked in $1,000.

3 ] UNITED KINGDOMScotlands three Rotary districts have long made strides with their support of athletic events. The indoor track championship they sponsored in February was notable for a personal connection to Rotary Internationals history: Among the 1,400 athletes from 200 schools was Madeleine Silcock, a great-great-niece of Rotary founder Paul Harris. Silcock sprinted to a fi fth-place fi nish in the 60-meter dash in the event, held at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. When we walked into the sta-dium and saw that it was bedecked in Rotary ban-ners and Maddys race number even had the Rotary logo on it, we immediately thought of our family link, says Silcocks father, Donald. (The teens great-great-grandmother was the sister of Harris wife, Jean.) It was a great experience.

2 ] MEXICOBuilding on their relationship with Live Different, a charity that oversees scores of small construction projects in the developing world, 15 participants from the Rotary Club of Parksville AM, B.C., spent a week raising a 34-by-20-foot kindergarten classroom and offi ce/storage space near Vicente Guerrero, Mexico. The participants paid for their own fl ights and a fee of about $1,500 to the Canadian nonprofi t to cover meals, accommodation, local transportation, and the building materials used during the February outing. Since participants raised their own funds, the club could spend its fundraising dollars on other initiatives, in a two-pronged approach to international projects. It was the second build the club undertook with Live Different.

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Only 2 % of the land in Jordan, which is slightly smaller than the state of Indiana, is arable.

5 ] JORDANThe 22 members of the Rotaract Club of Amman West and nine more volunteers hoisted soil, bricks, and other materials to install gardens atop two apartment buildings in the kingdoms capital in November. The clubs Green Roof project not only beautifi es a blighted neighborhood but also provides the residents of the buildings with plots to grow vegetables, says Lara Hajjara, immediate past president of the club. The project cost of about $1,400 per rooftop oasis was covered by club fundraisers and sponsors, including the local municipality, which donated money and mate-rials, says Hajjara. Rotaractors werent ones to shirk the heavy lifting they also cleaned the roofs and laid down and painted the bricks, and they plan to maintain the gardens.

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1 ] NETHERLANDSDutch Rotarians are using petal

power to benefi t End Polio Now. What

began as the purchase of the rights

to name and sell a new variety of

tulip during a charity auction in late

2013 has blossomed into a continuing

fundraiser involving all seven Rotary

districts in the Netherlands.

A delegation of Dutch district

governors bid about $15,000 for the

rights to the fl ower during a televised

fund drive for the victims of Typhoon

Haiyan in the Philippines. In the fi rst

two years of the initiative, more than

7,500 boxes of 25 End Polio Now Tulips

which match the red and yellow of

the End Polio Now logo were sold,

generating about $75,000 to fi ght polio.

Jan Hol, a past governor of District

1550 and the owner of a company that

produces cardboard packaging and

promotional materials, created fl iers

and displays to generate interest.

The Dutch clubs have sold the tulip

bulbs to members and the public, and

purchased them to be planted in parks.

Clubs in nearby countries, including

France and Germany, have also been

enlisted to proffer the bulbs in a

campaign with perennial possibilities.


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There are more than 3,000 varieties, and 150 species, of tulips.

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4 ] KYRGYZSTANThe Rotaract Club of Bishkek organized a soc-cer tournament for 30 orphan children, ages 10 to 14, with a goal of instilling habits of exercise, good sportsmanship, and a healthy lifestyle. Four orphanages vied for the Friend-ship Cup title, which included medals and trophies. The tournament excited the children who were not only happy with this event, but also with the opportunity to play [against the other] orphanages, says Akim Yucel, the clubs immediate past president. Rotaractors provided transportation to the fi eld, meals, and soccer gear, including footwear. Among the sponsors were six local pharmaceutical companies, which kicked in $1,000.

3 ] UNITED KINGDOMScotlands three Rotary districts have long made strides with their support of athletic events. The indoor track championship they sponsored in February was notable for a personal connection to Rotary Internationals history: Among the 1,400 athletes from 200 schools was Madeleine Silcock, a great-great-niece of Rotary founder Paul Harris. Silcock sprinted to a fi fth-place fi nish in the 60-meter dash in the event, held at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. When we walked into the sta-dium and saw that it was bedecked in Rotary ban-ners and Maddys race number even had the Rotary logo on it, we immediately thought of our family link, says Silcocks father, Donald. (The teens great-great-grandmother was the sister of Harris wife, Jean.) It was a great experience.

2 ] MEXICOBuilding on their relationship with Live Different, a charity that oversees scores of small construction projects in the developing world, 15 participants from the Rotary Club of Parksville AM, B.C., spent a week raising a 34-by-20-foot kindergarten classroom and offi ce/storage space near Vicente Guerrero, Mexico. The participants paid for their own fl ights and a fee of about $1,500 to the Canadian nonprofi t to cover meals, accommodation, local transportation, and the building materials used during the February outing. Since participants raised their own funds, the club could spend its fundraising dollars on other initiatives, in a two-pronged approach to international projects. It was the second build the club undertook with Live Different.

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Only 2 % of the land in Jordan, which is slightly smaller than the state of Indiana, is arable.

5 ] JORDANThe 22 members of the Rotaract Club of Amman West and nine more volunteers hoisted soil, bricks, and other materials to install gardens atop two apartment buildings in the kingdoms capital in November. The clubs Green Roof project not only beautifi es a blighted neighborhood but also provides the residents of the buildings with plots to grow vegetables, says Lara Hajjara, immediate past president of the club. The project cost of about $1,400 per rooftop oasis was covered by club fundraisers and sponsors, including the local municipality, which donated money and mate-rials, says Hajjara. Rotaractors werent ones to shirk the heavy lifting they also cleaned the roofs and laid down and painted the bricks, and they plan to maintain the gardens.

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n the summer of 1917, only a few months after the United States entered the first world war, Rotary held its eighth annual convention in Atlanta.

Although many Rotarians at the time thought the convention should be can-celed, the Board of Directors ultimately agreed with Paul Harris that it should continue as planned. In the midst of such uncertainty and fear, Harris penned, as part of his convention greeting, some of the most-quoted words in Rotary:

Individual effort when well directed can accomplish much, but the greatest good must necessarily come from the combined efforts of many men. Individual effort may be turned to individual needs but combined effort should be dedicated to the service of mankind. The power of combined effort knows no limitation.

Fittingly, it was at this convention that then-President Arch C. Klumph pro-posed a Rotary endowment fund for the purpose of doing good in the world. The power of combined effort was joined by a new power: that of combined resources. It was a combination that has proved unstoppable and has been behind so much of Rotarys work for the last 100 years. Today, it is difficult to imagine Rotary without its Foundation. It was the Foundation that turned Rotary from an organization of local clubs into an international force for good with the power to change the world.

In this Rotary year, we are marking the centennial of our Rotary Foundation in the city where it all began: Atlanta. Our 108th Rotary International Conven-tion promises to be one of the most exciting yet, with inspiring speakers, great entertainment, and a wide array of breakout sessions to help you move your Rotary service forward. And of course, well be celebrating the Foundations centennial in style.

Whether youre a regular convention goer, havent been to one in a few years, or havent yet attended your first, the 2017 convention will be the one you wont want to miss. Atlanta is a great destination in its own right, with great food, friendly people, and many local attractions to enjoy. But the real reason to come to the convention is always the convention itself, and the people, ideas, inspira-tion, and friendship youll find there. To learn more, and save money on registration, visit www.riconvention.org. See you in Atlanta!

D E A R F E L L O W R O T A R I A N S ,

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J O H N F. G E R M

President, Rotary International

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Sam Owori is selected to be 2018-19 Rotary president The 2016-17 Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International has unanimously nominated Samuel Frobisher Owori, of the Rotary Club of Kampala, Uganda, to be the president of Rotary International in 2018-19. He will be declared the president-nominee on 1

October if no challenging candidates have been suggested.

Owori says he sees in Rotary an incredible passion to make a difference. As president, he plans to harness that enthusiasm and pride so that every project becomes the engine of peace and prosperity.

Oworis chief concerns as a Rotary leader are membership and extension. Since he served as district governor, the number of clubs in Uganda has swelled from nine to 89. He urges past, present, and future leaders to work together to engage more women, youth program participants, alumni, and community members to increase Rotarys membership in the coming years.

There are many places which need Rotary and numerous potential members who have never been invited, he says. The problem is Rotarians who got in and closed the doors.

Owori is chief executive officer of the Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda. Before that, he was executive director of the African Development Bank, managing director of Uganda Commercial Bank Ltd., and director of Uganda Development Bank. He has studied law, employment relations, business management, corporate resources management, microfinance, and marketing at institutions in England, Japan, Switzerland,

Tanzania, and the United States, including Harvard Business School.

Since becoming a member in 1978, Owori has served Rotary as regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, regional RI membership coordinator, and RI Representative to the United Nations Environment Program and UN-Habitat. He has been a member or chair of several committees, including the International PolioPlus Committee, the Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force, and the Audit Committee. Most recently, Owori served as trustee of The Rotary Foundation, chair of The Rotary Foundations Finance Committee, and a member of the Investment Committee. Owori is a Benefactor of The Rotary Foundation, and he and his wife, Norah, are Major Donors and Paul Harris Fellows.

The Nominating Committee members are Sudarshan Agarwal, Rotary Club of Delhi, Delhi, India; afak Alpay, Rotary Club of Istanbul-Sisli, Turkey; Ronald L. Beaubien, Rotary Club of Coronado, California, USA; John B. Boag, Rotary E-Club of District 9650, New South Wales, Australia; Elio Cerini, Rotary Club of Milano Duomo, Italy; Luiz Coelho de Oliveira, Rotary Club of Limeira-Leste, So Paulo, Brazil; Frank N. Goldberg, Rotary Club of Omaha-Suburban, Nebraska, USA; Kenneth W. Grabeau, Rotary Club of Nashua West, New Hampshire, USA; Jackson S.L. Hsieh, Rotary Club of Taipei Sunrise, Taiwan; Mark Daniel Maloney (chair), Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, USA; Barry Matheson, Rotary Club of Jessheim, Norway; Kazuhiko Ozawa, Rotary Club of Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; Ekkehart Pandel, Rotary Club of Bckeburg, Germany; Noraseth Pathmanand, Rotary Club of Bang Rak, Thailand; Robert S. Scott, Rotary Club of Cobourg, Ontario, Canada; John C. Smarge, Rotary Club of Naples, Florida, USA; Michael F. Webb, Rotary Club of Mendip, Somerset, England.

n the summer of 1917, only a few months after the United States entered the first world war, Rotary held its eighth annual convention in Atlanta.

Although many Rotarians at the time thought the convention should be can-celed, the Board of Directors ultimately agreed with Paul Harris that it should continue as planned. In the midst of such uncertainty and fear, Harris penned, as part of his convention greeting, some of the most-quoted words in Rotary:

Individual effort when well directed can accomplish much, but the greatest good must necessarily come from the combined efforts of many men. Individual effort may be turned to individual needs but combined effort should be dedicated to the service of mankind. The power of combined effort knows no limitation.

Fittingly, it was at this convention that then-President Arch C. Klumph pro-posed a Rotary endowment fund for the purpose of doing good in the world. The power of combined effort was joined by a new power: that of combined resources. It was a combination that has proved unstoppable and has been behind so much of Rotarys work for the last 100 years. Today, it is difficult to imagine Rotary without its Foundation. It was the Foundation that turned Rotary from an organization of local clubs into an international force for good with the power to change the world.

In this Rotary year, we are marking the centennial of our Rotary Foundation in the city where it all began: Atlanta. Our 108th Rotary International Conven-tion promises to be one of the most exciting yet, with inspiring speakers, great entertainment, and a wide array of breakout sessions to help you move your Rotary service forward. And of course, well be celebrating the Foundations centennial in style.

Whether youre a regular convention goer, havent been to one in a few years, or havent yet attended your first, the 2017 convention will be the one you wont want to miss. Atlanta is a great destination in its own right, with great food, friendly people, and many local attractions to enjoy. But the real reason to come to the convention is always the convention itself, and the people, ideas, inspira-tion, and friendship youll find there. To learn more, and save money on registration, visit www.riconvention.org. See you in Atlanta!


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J O H N F. G E R M


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oday, we look ahead toward a Rotary year that may one day be known as the greatest in our history: the year that sees the worlds last case of

polio. Wild poliovirus caused only 74 cases of polio in 2015, all of them in Afghanistan and Pakistan. As we continue to work tirelessly toward our goal of eradication, we must also look beyond it: preparing to leverage our success into even greater successes to come.

It is tremendously important to Rotarys future that our role in the eradica-tion of polio be recognized. The more we are known for what weve achieved, the more well be able to attract the partners, the funding, and, most important, the members to achieve even more. Were working hard at RI headquarters to be sure that Rotary gets that recognition. But it cant all happen in Evanston. We need you to get the word out through your clubs and in your communities about what Rotary is and what we do. We need to be sure that our clubs are ready for the moment when polio is finally eradicated so that when people who want to do good see that Rotary is a place where they can change the world, every Rotary club is ready to give them that opportunity.

We know that if we want to see Rotary Serving Humanity even better in the years ahead, well need more willing hands, more caring hearts, and more bright minds to move our work forward. Well need clubs that are flexible, so that Rotary service will be attractive to younger members, recent retirees, and work-ing people. Well need to seek out new partnerships, opening ourselves more to collaborative relationships with other organizations.

Looking ahead, we also see a clear need to prioritize continuity in our leadership. We in Rotary are all playing on the same team, working toward the same goals. If we want to reach those goals together, we all have to move in the same direction together.

Every day that you serve in Rotary, you have the opportunity to change lives. Everything you do matters; every good work makes the world better for us all. In this new Rotary year, we all have a new chance to change the world for the better, through Rotary Serving Humanity.


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J O H N F. G E R M


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orty years ago, a man named George Campbell, the owner of the company I worked for, invited me to join Rotary. Back then, that was a common

practice in the United States. Your boss invited you to join Rotary because he thought it would be good for business and good for the community, and you said yes. Its not surprising that our membership surged during that period.

George warned me not to use Rotary as an excuse to slack off at work. Even so, I always had time to attend lunch meetings and serve on committees. I never had to worry that taking a long lunch once a week would hurt my advancement, or what my boss would think about the occasional Rotary phone call at work.

Today, things are different. Companies are less generous about time, and not every manager looks favorably on community service. Its hard to enjoy a Rotary meeting when youve got emails piling up on your phone. Its harder than ever to balance work with Rotary and the model that gave us so much growth a few decades ago is part of whats holding back our growth now.

Thats why the recent Council on Legislation adopted some innovative measures that allow clubs to vary their meeting times and expand their pool of prospective members. Clubs have more flexibility now to respond to the needs of their mem-bers and to clear away as many barriers to membership as they can. But theres one barrier to membership that only you can remove, one thing that every pro-spective member needs to become a Rotarian: an invitation to join a Rotary club.

Whenever I tell a group of Rotarians that we need more willing hands, more caring hearts, and more bright minds to move our work forward, everyone applauds. But those hands, hearts, and minds wont magically appear in our clubs. We have to ask them to join. And an invitation to Rotary is something that only you can give. An invitation is a gift. Its saying to someone, I think you have the skills, the talent, and the character to make our community better, and I want you to join me in doing that.

Im the president of Rotary International, but the only club I can invite some-one to join is the Rotary Club of Chattanooga, Tenn. I cant make your club or your community stronger. Only you can do that by inviting the qualified people you know to join you in Rotary Serving Humanity.


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J O H N F. G E R M


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1. 6th of October-Palm Hills

2. 6th of October-Shams

3. 6th of October-Zayed

4. Al-Mansouria

5. Al Shorouk

6. Alexandria

7. Alexandria Agora

8. Alexandria-Almontazah

9. Alexandria Capital

10. Alexandria Cosmopolitan

11. Alexandria East

12. Alexandria-El Nozha

13. Alexandria Golden Riders

14. Alexandria Marine

15. Alexandria Mariout

16. Alexandria Metropolitan

17. Alexandria-Pharos

18. Alexandria-Rakouda

19. Alexandria-Ramleh

20. Alexandria-San Stefano

21. Alexandria Sporting

22. Alexandria Sunrise

23. Alexandria-West

24. Alfustat

25. Aswan Capital

26. Aswan Sunrise

27. Banha

28. Beni-Suef

29. Cairo

30. Cairo-Al Orouba

31. Cairo Nile Valley

32. Cairo Cosmopolitan

33. Cairo El Rehab

34. Cairo Fairways

35. Cairo-Garden City

36. Cairo-Greater Cairo

37. Cairo Heights

38. Cairo New Capital

39. Cairo North

40. Cairo Oraby

41. Cairo Rally

42. Cairo Rhein-Nile

43. Cairo Royal

44. Cairo Sarayat El Maadi

45. Cairo South

46. Cairo-Sunrise

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47. Cairo West

48. Cairo-Zamalek

49. Damanhour

50. Damanhour Capital

51. El Maadi

52. El Obour

53. El Tahrir

54. Fayoum

55. Gezira Sporting

56. Gezirat El Roda

57. Giza

58. Giza-Al Mariotya

59. Giza Cosmopolitan

60. Giza Grand Pyramids

61. Giza Horizon

62. Giza Karnak

63. Giza-Metropolitan

64. Giza North

65. Heliopolis

66. Heliopolis-East

67. Heliopolis El-Golf

68. Heliopolis El Korba

69. Heliopolis-El Nozha

70. Heliopolis El Shorouk

71. Heliopolis El Tayaran

72. Heliopolis Sporting Club

73. Horus-Heliopolis

74. Ismailia

75. Kasr El-Nile

76. Katamya Cairo

77. Le Caire Champollion

78. Luxor

79. Mansoura

80. Mokattam-Cairo

81. Minia Nefertiti

82. Nasr City

83. New Cairo

84. Port Said

85. Red Sea El Gouna

86. Sakkara

87. Six Of October

88. Sohag-Al Jadeed

89. Sphinx

90. Tanta

91. Tenth Of Ramadan City

92. Zagazig

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