Egypt

Egypt (Arabic: مِصر‎‎ Miṣr, Egyptian Arabic: مَصر‎‎ Maṣr, Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ Khemi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt is a Mediterranean country bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba to the east, the Red Sea to the east and south, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. Across the Gulf of Aqaba lies Jordan, and across from the Sinai Peninsula lies Saudi Arabia, although Jordan and Saudi Arabia do not share a land border with Egypt. It is the world's only contiguous Eurafrasian nation.

Links To Peel
Peel's first honeymoon with Sheila was in Egypt in April 1974, where they spent a fortnight in the country with John Walters and his wife travelling to Cairo and Luxor. According to Margrave Of The Marshes, Sheila mentioned Peel and her subsisting on endless meals of toast, eggs and cheese in the country due to being vegetarians and mentioning Walters and his wife not seeming to enjoy their grander meals, due to their wryness of whether they were eating roast camel. One of the highlights according to Sheila for Peel was exploring the local record shops and a few of them being played on his shows.

Peel did play many artists from Egypt on his shows, some bought from Egypt, others from World Music record labels that sent him records to him. In an interview with Michael Kerr of the Daily Telegraph in 2004, Peel mentioned Egypt as one of his favourite holiday destinations.