@thehumanking yes, the text-only pages are fine, you can definitely read them with it. as for the difference between generations, I have never seen the original DX, so I can't say.
According to Amazon's map some areas of Egypt are covered by the wireless:
http://client0.cellmaps.com/tabs.html#cellmaps_intl_tab
However, in case you didn't care about wireless at all, and just wanted the cheapest possible DX, you can still find the original version of the DX, US version, refurbished:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...on=refurbished
Beware this will not work at all with any wireless service outside of the US