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Source: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=206103
Tourism Hit Hard by Egyptian Demonstrations
(Jerusalem Post) Melanie Lidman - The demonstrations' effect was most acutely felt in Nazlet e-Samman, the village located next to the Great Pyramids, which is totally dependent on tourism. Since the Pyramids closed on Saturday amid fears of looting, the village's only source of income has dried up and it will take weeks or months for tourists to return in force. The residents of Nazlet e-Samman were almost unanimous in their support for President Hosni Mubarak. They said the protesters were upper-class Cairenes who don't understand the importance of the stability that Mubarak brought to their lives.