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  Ismailia and Lake Timsah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ismailia, containing about 3,000 people, chiefly Europeans, stands on the shore in the NW.
Ismailia is said to be cooler and healthier in summer, and to have a more equable winter climate than Port Said.
The board bears two handwritten, pasted-on labels: at the bottom, "Ismailia," and at the upper right corner, "18." The albumen is labeled on the photographic plate itself: "Lac Timsah.
members.aol.com /wenamun/ismailia.html   (478 words)

  
  Others Ismailia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ismailia is located on Lake Timsah along the coast of the Canal, half-way between Port Said and Suez.
According to the census conducted in 1996, the estimated figure of the population was 715,000 inhabitants (58% urban 42% rural), or 1.21% of Egypt's.
Ismailia City is approximately 120 km from Cairo by the direct route "desert highway" or 135 km by the countryside road.
www.mesafreen.com /Html/Others/OthersIsmailia.htm   (241 words)

  
 Ismailia
City in northern Egypt with 320,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate) on the Lake Timsa, midway in the Suez Canal, capital of the Ismailia governorate.
The economy of Ismailia is still much depending on the Suez Canal, and the administration of it.
Reactions to this were fierce, and much with the initiative of the Muslim Brotherhood, a process began that would culminate with the Egyptian revolution and the overthrow of King Faruk.
lexicorient.com /e.o/ismailia.htm   (288 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Economy | Ismailia reaches out   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Of all the cities by the Suez Canal, Ismailia is perhaps the greenest, cleanest and most developed.
Small wonder then that Ismailia is hosting four major national projects, including the IT Valley, Sinai Development Project and the East of Port Said Project, all of which are meant to change not only the face of the city but of the whole country.
The Egyptian-German Technical Cooperation Committee -- whose members include Ismailia's businessmen, professors from the Suez Canal University, and consultants, all of whom are operating under the umbrella of the city's governor -- has recently been established to determine the development projects that need to be adopted during the coming period.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/635/ec3.htm   (526 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Ismailia, Egypt (Egyptian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Extensive irrigation is used for growing fruits and vegetables; livestock is raised.
Ismailia was founded in 1863 by Ferdinand de Lesseps, who used it as his base of operations during the construction of the canal.
After Israeli forces shelled Ismailia in the wake of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, part of the city's civilian population was evacuated.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/I/Ismailia.html   (220 words)

  
 My Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Compared with the old Egyptian cities, Ismailia has good a reputation in the world because it won the first prize in a competition organised by the USA in 1990.
Ismailia is the same age as the Suez Canal.
Ismailia is famous as a one-day tourist attraction.
www.kirkwood.cc.ia.us /esl/eghome.htm   (489 words)

  
 Ismailia Riots
This account is of the battle that took place in Ismailia towards the end of 1951.
Since no measures were allowed to be taken that would give the Egyptians any cause for complaint, it was not possible to send troops into town, as a precautionary measure, to be immediately available in case of trouble.
The Brigade Commander also ordered that an outer cordon around the town of Ismailia be established at first light by the 2nd Parachute Battalion, the 1st Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment, and the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment.
www.britains-smallwars.com /Canal/ISMAILIA-RIOTS.htm   (6385 words)

  
 U.S. Virtual Consulate Ismailia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ismailia is both the name of a governorate, as well as a city.
It is located in the middle of the Suez Canal, bordering Port Said on the north, Suez on the south, Sinai on the East, and Sharquiya on the West, with the Cairo governorate to its southwest.
Ismailia also houses the radio and television stations for the Suez and is considered to be the economic capital of the Suez Canal region, which includes Port Said, Suez, Sharquiya, North Sinai, and South Sinai.
ismailia.usvpp.gov /region.htm   (380 words)

  
 Ismailia
City in northern Egypt with 320,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate) on the Lake Timsa, midway in the Suez Canal, capital of the Ismailia governorate.
Ismailia is well-connected with other urban centres by rail and road.
Reactions to this were fierce, and much with the initiative of the Muslim Brotherhood, a process began that would culminate with the Egyptian revolution and the overthrow of King Faruk.
i-cias.com /e.o/ismailia.htm   (270 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Ismailia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ismailia: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade; Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt.
ISMAILIA A Narrative Of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade by Sir Samuel Baker (Hardcover - 1879)
Ismailia;: A narrative of the expedition to Central Africa for the suppression of the slave trade, organized by Ismail, khedive of Egypt by Samuel White Baker (Unknown Binding - 1969)
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Ismailia&index=blended&page=1   (562 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Soccer - World - Kabylie draws at Ismailia in CAF Cup final first leg - Saturday November 18, 2000 01:57 PM
Bendahmane's 72nd minute shot flew past the wall and Ismailia goalkeeper Mohamed Sobhi to hand the initiative to the Algerian club, which hosts the return leg in on December 1.
Ismailia went into the match as hot favorite, having shown solid goalscoring form in winning through to the final.
Ismailia, long in the shadow of Egypt's more glamorous clubs from the capital Cairo, is seeking to win its first continental title since 1969.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2000/11/18/caf_cup   (333 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet Global: News - Free kick gives Kabylie 1-1 draw at Ismailia
Bendahmane's 72nd minute shot flew past the wall and Ismailia goalkeeper Mohamed Sobhi to hand the initiative to the Algerian club, who host the return leg in on December 1.
Ismailia went into the match as hot favourites having shown solid goal-scoring form in winning through to the final.
Ismailia, long in the shadow of Egypt's more glamourous clubs from the capital Cairo, are seeking to win their first continental title since 1969.
www.soccernet.com /global/news/2000/1118/20001118sa.html   (274 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet Global: News - Free kick gives Kabylie 1-1 draw at Ismailia
Bendahmane's 72nd minute shot flew past the wall and Ismailia goalkeeper Mohamed Sobhi to hand the initiative to the Algerian club, who host the return leg in on December 1.
Ismailia went into the match as hot favourites having shown solid goal-scoring form in winning through to the final.
Ismailia, long in the shadow of Egypt's more glamourous clubs from the capital Cairo, are seeking to win their first continental title since 1969.
soccernet.espn.go.com /archive/global/news/2000/1118/20001118sa.html   (274 words)

  
 3rd Umpire.com :: View topic - Both Ismailia sides win games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ismailia won the nail biting match in the last over with 1 ball to spare.
Ismailia 1st XI beat T R 1st XI.
Jai and Hrishi came and went soon after and Ismailia was in a spot of bother at 49/4.
www.3rdumpire.com /bb/viewtopic.php?p=14198   (389 words)

  
 Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
The cemetery is situated less than a kilometre north-west of Ismailia Town Centre on the Port Said Road.
It is contained within the main Ismailia Civilian Cemetery complex, access to which is via the large iron gates opposite the Bus Station.
Ismailia is a small town on the west side of the Suez Canal.
www.diggerhistory2.info /graveyards/pages/others/ismailia.htm   (229 words)

  
 Ismailia Player Profiles
The grand old man of Ismailia Cricket club (No one really knows Salim's true age) has still about 20 good years of cricket left in him as he claimed in his latest press release that he would not retire until he played with Shilpin’s son.
He has scored plenty of runs in the middle order for the team and is known for his aggressive strokeplay by stepping out against fast bowlers and hitting them uppishly through the covers.
Shashank was recruited into Ismailia after having a phenomenal season in 2003 where he was the top run scorer in Division B. If someone were to say, well that was division B, Shashank has proven his class by becoming the top run getter in the Premier division as well.
www.geocities.com /ismailiacc/profiles.html   (2471 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Football | African | Ismailia take control
Ismailia of Egypt stayed on course for a Champions League semi-final place with a 2-1 win over Simba of Tanzania on Friday.
It was a keenly contested tie, with the home team struggling in the second half until Mohamed Greisha snatched the winner in the 71st minute.
Victory took Ismailia to eight points after four matches in Group A, two more than Enyimba of Nigeria - who are away to Asec Mimosas of Ivory Coast on Sunday.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/football/africa/3125232.stm   (286 words)

  
 Ismailia - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
SOC: JS Kabylie 0 Ismailia 0 CAF Cup final 2nd leg result
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Israelis taking a souvenir photograph on the captured zone of the Suez canal near Ismailia.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ismailia.html   (328 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Front page | ISMAILIA REMEMBERED   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
ISMAILIA REMEMBERED: On 25 January 1952, at the orders of then Interior Minister Fouad Serageddin Pasha, the police garrison in Ismailia, armed with old rifles, resisted British demands that all Egyptian forces evacuate the Suez Canal Zone and engaged in a suicidal battle with the occupation forces.
Serageddin, who led the Wafd party when it was revived in 1978, died on 9 August at the age of 90.
This file picture shows a British army stretcher-party, during a lull in the Ismailia fighting, taking back a casualty.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2000/495/fr1.htm   (133 words)

  
 Suez Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Egyptian-Japanese Friendship Bridge, as it is known, has a 70 meter clearance over the canal and was built with assistance from the Japanese government.
In 2001 the El Ferdan Railway Bridge 20 km north of Ismailia was completed: the longest swing span bridge in the world, with a span of 340 m (1100 ft).
The previous bridge was destroyed in 1967 during the Arab-Israeli conflict.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suez_canal   (2177 words)

  
 Ismailia, Egypt
The attractive town of Ismailia, headquarters of the Suez Canal Authority, a pilot station and a traffic junction half way between Port Said and Suez, lies on the north side of Lake Timsah ("Crocodile Lake").
In 1956, and again in 1967, Ismailia suffered severe damage during the military operations of those years, when most of the population had to be evacuated.
By road from Cairo (87mi/140km southwest) along the Ismailia Canal, from El-Zagazig (50mi/ 80km west), from Port Said (50mi/80km north) or from Suez (53mi/85km south); bus services.
www.planetware.com /egypt/ismailia-egy-ism-ism.htm   (160 words)

  
 James A Brander, Ismailia Cemetery
This photograph of his grave, supplied to the family by the Graves Registration Service, was probably taken soon after the burial.
The WW2 graves at Ismailia are in an extension of the original war cemetery created during the First World War.
The photographs at Ismailia were kindly taken by Ralph McLean in April 2007 during his visits to cemeteries in Egypt in
www.kinnethmont.co.uk /1939-1945_files/jas-brander-ismailia.htm   (136 words)

  
 African CAF Cup 2000 Final - Ismailia - JS Kabylie
They are looking for being the second team to have won all three clubs (after Esperance Tunis).
Ismailia, despite in the shadows of Al Ahly and Zamalek, have won the Champions Cup before, too (1969).
- JSK have dominated the first half especially in one against one situations (especially Ismailia attacking hope John Otaka has a tough match against Driouache) but similar to the Algerian national team they cannot convert their fine game into goals.
www.the-shot.com /africa/african-club-competitions/2000/caf-cup.html   (508 words)

  
 Public Affairs Section
I mentioned in the meeting that just began that Ismailia combines many things that we see in the United States, which is people involved in industry, people involved in agricultural, people involved in education, and, for that reason, we thought that Ismailia would be an excellent place to launch a virtual consulate as we've done.
Say you're a citizen of Ismailia and you're interested in establishing a commercial relationship with a company in the United States - there are contact points on the website so that you can get in touch with our Commercial Office.
And then a second “next step” is to look outside of Ismailia and see another opportunity for a virtual consulate, not in Cairo, not in Alexandria, not in Ismailia, but maybe another part of Egypt.
cairo.usembassy.gov /pa/tr040305a.htm   (1619 words)

  
 Exodus (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
This city was at that time the residence of the Egyptian court, and here the interviews between Moses and Pharaoh had taken place.
(See PITHOM.) Their third station was Etham (q.v.), 13:20, "in the edge of the wilderness," and was probably a little to the west of the modern town of Ismailia, on the Suez Canal.
Here they were commanded "to turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea", i.e., to change their route from east to due south.
www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/exodus.html   (1193 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Football | African | Ismailia into last four
Despite an indifferent display when edging out Simba 2-1 two weeks ago, Ismailia got the win they needed against struggling Asec to advance from Group A. A shot from Amr Fahim hit the upright before ricocheting off the head of diving goalkeeper Stephane Dimy and into the net for the opener on 10 minutes.
And Mohamed Mohsen Abougreisha got the second just after the half-hour mark, shortly after ASEC went down to 10 men when Alhassane Koivogui was sent off for a dangerous challenge.
Ismailia are bidding to become the third Egyptian team after Al-Ahly and Zamalek to collect the most prestigious club prize in African football.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/africa/3162950.stm   (178 words)

  
 Public Affairs Section
I mentioned in the meeting that just began that Ismailia combines many things that we see in the United States, which is people involved in industry, people involved in agricultural, people involved in education, and, for that reason, we thought that Ismailia would be an excellent place to launch a virtual consulate as we've done.
Say you're a citizen of Ismailia and you're interested in establishing a commercial relationship with a company in the United States - there are contact points on the website so that you can get in touch with our Commercial Office.
And then a second “next step” is to look outside of Ismailia and see another opportunity for a virtual consulate, not in Cairo, not in Alexandria, not in Ismailia, but maybe another part of Egypt.
egypt.usembassy.gov /pa/tr040305a.htm   (1619 words)

  
 Amman Filmmakers Cooperative
Overdose by Ammar Quttaineh has been selected for the competition, and Heartache by the soon-to-be-wed Mais and Hussam Hamarneh has been selected for the festival panorama.
"We are delighted to have a presence at the highly-competitive Ismailia festival, considered one of the most established film festivals in the region," said Hazim Bitar, AFC founder and coordinator.
The 9th Ismailia International Festival for Documentary and Short Films, chaired by filmmaker and critic Ali Abou Shadi, will be held from 10 – 17 September 2005.
www.alif.com /afc/jul-24-05-ismailia.htm   (230 words)

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