[Fiji Hill]

The generals own most of the things of any value there, even the bottled Safi water.

I wonder if they own the Stella brewery? When I was in the Soviet Union in 1972, the best beer available was Stella, from Egypt. Beer was about the only thing that the Egyptians had to export to the USSR in return for tanks, warplanes, missiles, etc that Moscow was shipping to Cairo.

[FlyingEagle]

Stella:

Al Ahram Beverages Company - ABC was successfully privatized in 1997 when Mr. Ahmad Zayad bought the government’s stake in the company. Since its privatization, ABC built on its monopoly position in the local market to expand its activities into a full-fledged range of beverages including beer, wine, and non-alcoholic carbonated and other soft drinks.