Immersive Travel Series Inaugural Event: October 25-27, 2011

San Francisco, September 23, 2011…AFAR Media, the multi-platform media brand focused exclusively on experiential travel, has finalized plans for the inaugural event in its immersive travel series AFAR Experiences. The event, taking place in Cairo October 25-27, will welcome travelers and locals for an extraorinary three-day program designed to encourage interaction, insights, perspectives and personal access to this beautiful city and its people at a pivotal time.

AFAR founder Greg Sullivan writes from Cairo, ”This is my fourth visit to Cairo this year following Mubarak’s resignation in February. What I’ve experienced has been fantastic. I have been fortunate to meet many locals from a variety of fields. They are so excited about their future. What doesn’t make the news is everyday life, what the locals are doing, or what you’re likely to experience if you visit a place. To me, that is partly why travel is so important: to understand the people and the culture better, to appreciate our differences and to get beyond the feeling of ‘otherness’ that separates us.”

The event agenda includes private admission to the Egyptian Museum, a walk through historic Tahrir Square, intimate dinners in the homes of local residents, an exclusive afternoon session at the magnificent Sultan Hassan mosque, and conversations with prominent artists, writers, architects, politicians, cultural historians and revolutionaries at local restaurants, cafes, markets and galleries – with more details still to be announced.

Confirmed participants include:

Jawad El Nabulsi, revolutionary

Tarek Labib, renowned local eco-architect

Mona Said, owner of contemporary Safrakhan Gallery

Gamila Ismail, female parliamentary candidate

Mounir Fahkry Abd El Noor, Minister of Tourism

Amr Hamzawy, renowned public intellectual

Tehani El Gebali, Egypt’s first female Judge

Moataz Nasreldin, cultural activist

Moez Masoud, modern day evangelist and media personality

Mohamed Diab and Jehane Noujaim, filmmakers

Seif Fahmy and Hisham El Khazindar, business leaders

Mohamed El Sawy, former Minister of Culture, founder of Culturewheel

Ahmed Esseily, film/television personality

Riham Bahi, Women’s studies expert

Bassem Yousseff, coined Egypt’s Jon Stewart/Top YouTube channel in Egypt

ABOUT AFAR MEDIA

AFAR Media is the multi-platform brand that inspires and guides those who travel the world to connect with its people, experience their cultures, and understand their perspectives. Headquartered in San Francisco, with an office in New York City, the company launched in August 2009. Its platforms include the award-winning AFAR magazine, now celebrating its second anniversary and awarded the Best Travel Magazine in America; AFAR.com, recently named a Top 10 site That Makes Travel Easier; the non profit foundation Learning AFAR;   and immersive travel series AFAR Experiences.

CONTACT: Shelley Kieran shelley@afar.com 415.814.1394