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Monthly bed cost: university dorm vs private housing

400 EGP ($8) inside the dorm vs 3,000 EGP ($62) in off-campus apartments

“The dorm bed cost 400 pounds a month with free meals… while an off-campus bed for female students rents for 2,000 pounds a month, plus a month’s deposit and an agent fee of another 2,000 pounds.”

The gap

The cheapest bed outside a dorm costs 5x more than a standard dorm room, plus a security deposit and agent fees reaching 2,000 EGP ($41).

Source: Maryam Mahmoud (pseudonym) and Rahma Mostafa (pseudonym) / Al-Dostor newspaper