Visited Egypt in Dec 2025; returned Feb 2; Now war refugee; IMEI cell phone now blacklisted

First trip: 2-22 Dec 2025.

Second trip: 2 Feb to present.

On 2 March 2026, exactly 90 days after I entered Egypt on Dec 2, my cell phone's IMEI got blacklisted on all Egyptian cellular carriers.

Originally, I was going to return to my home in Dubai but now I am stuck for i don't know how long. And while I feel truly blessed to be stranded in New Cairo, of all places, I now have no cellular access.

I tried installing the Telephony by NITRA app, but it's geolocked to Egypt on Google Play. I tried changing my country Egypt, but it requires an Egyptian debit card, which I think is impossible for a tourist to get.

I downloaded the APK but Google PairIP is blocking and killing it at launch due not being from Google Play.

I'm not sure what to do at this point.

From what I can tell, every single tourist who visits Egypt after 90 days of the first time they got a simcard will have their IMEI number permanently blocked.