Doesn't make a lot of difference which way you go and as Andrasz says, it all good tarmac.
The part through the oases is easy enough, the problem is how to complete the circle, if you want to, in the east.
You can go from Cairo to Bahariya, then Farafra, Dhakla, Kharga and on the road south from Kharga to Baris is a good road to Luxor. This is all straightforward.
Or you can go from Kharga to Assiut.
Then it gets difficult, not because of the roads but because of the Police and convoy system.
If you wanted to do a full circle from Cairo to Cairo you'd go through the oases to Luxor and then return via the coast and Hurghada for easiest, Luxor to Hurghada is the only time you'd use the convoy.
If you went from Luxor to Aswan you'd need to use it, and back again.
In the north, Cairo to Alexandria, Mersa Matruh, Siwa and back is all good roads, no convoy. But Siwa to Bahariya you need a 4x4.
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