Nile: Passage to Egypt Nile: Passage to Egypt Nile: Passage to Egypt is a 1995 educational video game by the Discovery Channel. The game was part of a "co-promotional strategy" which involved a CD-ROM and television program of the same name being released concurrently. The game's released was tentatively scheduled for release in Spring of 1995. Players undertake an interactive journey down the Nile River through modern and ancient Egypt on an Egyptian sailing boat called a felucca. Players explore local culture and interact with customers via virtual tours. The player navigates through a series of 360 degree screens, or can also choose new
Adrift on the Nile Adrift on the Nile Adrift on the Nile ("Thartharah fawqa al-Nīl", ) is a 1966 book by Egyptian author and Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz. The novel was later made into a 1971 film, "Chitchat on the Nile". The book follows Anis Zani who smokes kief every night with a group of friends on a houseboat on the Nile. Anis works as a civil servant but soon finds his life encumbered by his drug use. The book explores nihilism and spiritual emptiness. The book starts out with Anis Zani, the protagonist, being disciplined by his boss for submitting a blank report.