At #Makhyal station.. from the land of Egypt, we meet the emperor of tourism, the Egyptian engineer and businessman Samih Sawiris, where he began the meeting with us with the story of the founding of the Sawiris Empire, and the important events that took place in the life of his father Onsi Sawiris, then he talked about his father’s partner Lamei Yaqoub, and how the state nationalized his father’s company, and how his father felt when this event occurred, and how the upper economic class emigrated outside the country, and how much wealth Sawiris had at that time.. Then he mentioned how his father overcame the setback of falling three times and returning to zero and starting over without despair, then he moved on to the stage of economic openness that Egypt experienced, and how he was able to establish the Arasco Group, and why his father focused on commercial agencies, then he talked about the days of studying outside Egypt, and the importance of the children studying abroad for the father, and why it was a turning point in the economic life of the Sawiris family.. Then he revealed the secret behind Samih Sawiris choosing Berlin, Germany over others, and the businesses he did during his student life, and the role of translation in his financial life during his studies, and how he was able to establish the first Fiberglass boat factory in Egypt, and the secret of his choice of this field in particular. He also told the story of his first million in his life, then moved on to talk about the El Gouna project, and how the idea of ​​El Gouna city and this great investment came about, and why El Gouna was behind all his successive successes, then he mentioned the story of his going to Switzerland as an advisor to the Swiss army, then moved on to talk about the January 25 revolution, and what about his position on the revolution, and how the Sawiris family faced the attack of the Brotherhood period, and the sale of 15 percent of the company to the Egyptian Stock Exchange, and was this step a support for the Egyptian economy, then moved on to talk about the El Gouna Festival, and touched on the death of his father, and how he felt after this event. Then he concluded his talk about the economic scene in Egypt, and his own vision for the Red Sea tourism project, in addition to the historical Jeddah experience and his experience in Al-Ula, and his future vision for the cities of Al-Ula and old Jeddah. Episode Topics: The Beginning (00:00) The Beginnings of the Sawiris Family (0:26) The Beginning of Onsi Sawiris in Business (3:33) Business in the Era of Gamal Abdel Nasser (5:40) The Events of the Nationalization of the Company (6:17) The Reason for His Father’s Move to Libya (7:58) Gaddafi and the Merchants in Libya (9:14) Onsi’s Wealth Upon His Return to Egypt (9:57) The Establishment of Orascom (12:18) Moving to Germany (16:15) The Reason for Working in Germany While Studying (17:22) Returning to Egypt and the Beginning of Business (19:57) Samih Sawiris’ First Million (21:28) Establishing El Gouna City (22:03) The Reason for Establishing El Gouna City (25:06) The Experience in the City of Andermatt (30:15) The January 25 Revolution (37:39) An Attack on the Sawiris Family (41:24) The Reason for Selling a Share of Orascom Company (45:11) El Gouna Film Festival (47:54) His father's death (50:06) Forbes' ranking of the Sawiris family (51:32) The economic scene in Egypt (52:58) Saudi tourism projects.. (55:15) Visit to Saudi Arabia (1:01:41) End (1:04:02)