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Egypt Grand Museum Delay Puts Tourism Hopes On Hold

Visitors tour the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza (Credit: AFP)

In the shadow of the Grand Egyptian Museum, souvenir shop owner Mona has been readying for the tourist boom she hoped the long-awaited opening would bring -- now once again out of reach.

"I had bet everything on this opening," she told AFP from her shop, just steps from the iconic pyramids of Giza, which the much-anticipated museum overlooks.

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