July 24, 2010 | In: Cairo, Egypt
Inexplicable phenomenon? Jordanians lose their passports in Cairo…a lot!
At least that’s what I have deduced after looking at the lost & found section in the Egyptian weekly classifieds paper, Al-Waseet.
The first scan is from Al-Waseet’s July 7th issue, the other is from its July 23rd issue (I added the red arrows). I didn’t get any other issues between those two, but didn’t need to to notice the weirdness…
Both issues have a combined total of 13 ads in the lost & found section. Seven, count’em, SEVEN ads are for lost Jordanian passports! That’s more than 50% of all ads for lost stuff in Cairo in two weeks! (well, one is for a Jordanian national I.D. Card, in the interest of statistical accuracy)
Does anyone have any logical explanation for this, or do Jordanians just lose their shit a lot?
4 Responses to Inexplicable phenomenon? Jordanians lose their passports in Cairo…a lot!
Ruby
July 25th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Haha that’s hilarious! Maybe they’re trying to find a way not to leave Cairo…? I mean, it IS the most amazing city in the world and I’d go to great lengths to stay if I were there…
Hani
July 25th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
That, I would say, is a very logical explanation, Ruby
Bob elkbeer
September 13th, 2010 at 6:36 am
Jordanians from Palestinain origin, perhaps?
Its the oldest trick in the book , advertise a lost passport to prove its lost, then stay in the country.
Knew of few Lebanese scams that went round in Europe, advertise “the passport is lost or been eaten by the dog” then stay in the country.
Hani
September 13th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Aha! Thank you, Bob, for demystifying the “phenomenon”!
But wait…a newspaper ad can’t be the only thing needed for someone to claim they can’t leave a country due to a lost passport. They will be required to apply for a new passport (which they can’t do). Hmm…