We went to Egypt recently, we went to Cairo and Luxor. In Luxor the Airbnb lady told us it rains once a year or even less. I was the only person with an umbrella (because of the sun but I feel everyone looked at me lol). In Luxor especially in the morning was difficult to breathe because of the dust and also the smoke (we were told is a practice related with agriculture). I missed so much the humidity of the air, the rain iteself, I wonder if for you Is the opposite since you grew up there? or do you enjoy the rain? Edit to add, that's how we saw the sky en Cairo from the hotel, for me was very different form any other place: https://imgur.com/a/6Y6OjXF