“I thought the weather in Altona was terrific,’’ Mr Said recalled. Its title refers to all money the Said family possessed when they arrived in London, where Egyptian pounds were useless, after being kicked out of Egypt during the Suez Canal crisis in 1956.Īrab revolutionaries had nationalised the Suez Canal and the Said family, British subjects due to their Maltese ancestry, were given 10 days to leave Egypt. The book, Five Egyptian Pounds, was written by his daughter Helen Said. Mr Said, the 2014 Hobsons Bay Citizen of the Year, celebrated a life of community service with the launch of his biography at Altona Library. We thought, “What did we do? We’ve come to a backward country,’’’’ Mr Said said. “We were shocked because even in Cairo we had flush toilets. THERE were no flush toilets or roads when George and Moroula Said brought their young family to Altona from Egypt via London half a century ago.
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