{"id":525,"date":"2023-06-23T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/?p=525"},"modified":"2026-10-09T14:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:36:43","slug":"people-on-board-the-minya-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/people-on-board-the-minya-team\/","title":{"rendered":"People on board: the MINYA team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Can you see the old man in the back row (3rd from right), to the left of Captain Mohammed (centre, back row)? That is Abd El-Fatah, Captain Mohammed\u2019s former sailing teacher. Now he accompanies the MINYA on its travels as a guiding and enriching presence, taking over if the captain has to leave the helm temporarily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Captain Mohammed and his teacher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once there were three friends who worked together plying their boats. One was Abd El-Fatah. Sadly, the other two died last year. Boys who wanted to learn about sailing could be taught everything they would need to know by these three veterans of the river. One such boy was Mohammed, now captain of our dahabiyas MINYA and ABUNDANCE.<\/p>\n<p>Now Captain Fatah travels with us, sometimes taking the role of captain, sometimes as a guest.<\/p>\n<p>Fatah is quite deaf and thus finds speaking difficult, but he has devised a system of sign language and sounds that enable him to communicate. We always look forward to his presence on our travels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Crew<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our crew members are a great team and enjoy working together.<\/p>\n<p>Reserved and courteous, they\u2019re popular with our guests. The cook is particularly appreciated and admired for his skill at fulfilling special wishes and his ability to catering to food intolerances.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_post_nav_0 et_pb_posts_nav nav-single et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"nav-next\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/exploring-egypts-secrets-in-style-a-luxor-to-el-minya-dahabiya-adventure\/\" rel=\"next\" class=\"\"><span class=\"nav-label\">Exploring Egypt\u2019s Secrets in Style: A Luxor-to-El Minya Dahabiya Adventure<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dahabiya-nile-cruise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":654,"href":"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions\/654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sail-the-nile.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}