ANLOMETER HERE IN CAIROZ NO MISTER PING, I DON'T KNOW ANY... CAIRO BLUES ios aod eZ) AND YET IT 16 HERE, WELL ESN Tw MMM IT SEEMS THAT NOBODY IN CAIRO KNOWS WHERE AND WHAT IS THE NILOMETER OF RODA. IT 1S INDEED LOCATED ON THE RODA ISLAND, BLIT FINDING IT WASN'T AN BABY JO. NO TAXI AND A LONG STROLL.D BY A SQUAT AN ELEGANT SQUARE WELL MADE OF WORKED SLENDER OCTAGONAL GRADUATED COLLIN.WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BIG ASWAN DAM IN 1971, THE NILE STOPPED 10 OVERFLOW. TAXES ARE OBVIOLISLY STILL PAYED BLIT THEY AREN'T ANY MORE THE CYCLES OF NATURE TO DETERIINE G0 CLEARLY THE REASONS FOR THAT. THE GATHERING OF TAXES ON REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES |S TODAY MADE BY A SINALL ABIAY OF £5,000 COLLECTORS WHO HAVE RECENTLY BE THE PROTAGONISTS OF A LARGE AND NEW SEASON OF TRADE—UINION FIGHTS, THE FIRST EVER CALLED BY STATE EMPLOYEES IN EGYPT, A STRUGGLE THAT GAINED THEM A 225% INCREASE ON THEIR INGERABLE 60 DOLLARS MONTHLY ALLOWANCE.KAMAL ABLI EITA, LEADER OF THE “REAL ESTATE TAK COLLECTORS" UNION THE SUCCESS OF THE PROTESTS, COMING ALONGSIDE WITH THOSE OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND OF OTHER SECTORS, CONTRIBUTED TO ENFORCE EVEN MORE THE WORKERS IMOBILIZATION, CONCEN— TRATING IT ON THE AMBITIOUS OBJECTIVE OF CREATING THE FIRST FREE UNION IN EGYPT, A PROJECT THAT IS STRONGLY CONTZASTED BY THE GOVERNEMENT AND BY ITS "YELLOW" TRADE—LINION. THE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE THESE TRADE-LINION FIGHTS IS IN FACT VERY HIGH AND THREA— TENS TO BREAK UP THE IRON CONTROL EXERTED FOR THREE DECADES BY THE GOVERNING PARTY ON THE EGYPTIAN SOCIETY. THE GOVERMNMENT CONCERNS ARE ALSO THE HOPE OF MANY: THE OPE NING OF A SEASON OF DEEP POLITICAL CHANGE. EGYPT LIKE POLAND IN THE EIGHTIES.