Not even the most uninformed or disinterested visitor to Egypt could possibly fail to notice the country celebrating its “New Suez Canal”, which opened for business on Thursday.
Bleary-eyed tourists arriving in Cairo Airport at two in the morning were greeted by impeccably dressed, beaming young men posted there to spread word of their country’s “miracle feat”. Ubiquitous posters in public buildings and ceaseless promotional videos on television were celebrating “Egypt’s gift to the world”.
