18 Things You Probably Forgot You Could Buy with 1 EGP

 

With the news of The Central Bank of Egypt printing LE 500 million of one pound banknotes by the beginning of Ramadan, we’ve decided to give you a list of things you can actually buy with that one geneh that’s making a comeback…

 

 

 

1 pack of Chipsy

 

 

 

 

 

4 packs of Chiclets 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Metro ticket

 

 

 

 

1 ball pen (aka 2alam Faransawy)…

 

 

 

 

…or 1 pencil (aka 2alam rosas)

 

 

 

 

 

A microbus from Maadi’s Degla Square to Sakanat Maadi Metro station

 

 

 

 

1 lighter (aka wala3a Seeny)

 

 

 

 

1 LM Blue cigarette 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Loloa perfumes

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Fine packet (aka kees manadeel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Lolita

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 baladi bread from Zooba 

 

You might think that’s a very big price to pay for baladi bread, but at least it’s Instagrammable. #LookAtDemColors

 

 

 

 

3 pieces of ta3meya

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 pound (duuuh) worth of torshi

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Lord razor (aka moos 7ela2a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 bobby pins 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 entrance ticket for Orman Garden

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 pack of Sunbites 

 

 

 

 

WE SAID THIS: Rabena yekhaleek leena ya geneh…