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Egypt. "Egypt" -Egypt is located in the North East part of Africa. More than 90%
of Egypt is desert. ... Egypt has very extreme temperatures year round. ...
Egypt. "Egypt" -Egypt is located in the North East part of Africa. More than 90%
of Egypt is desert. ... Egypt has very extreme temperatures year round. ...
Egypt 4. Egypt" -Egypt is located in the North East part of Africa. More than 90%
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Egypt
Customs and Courtesies
Greetings
The traditional Islamic greeting is "assalaamu alaikum" which mean peace be upon you. Men cheek kiss other men and women cheek kiss other women, no woman if good family would cheek kiss a man, even if it is a friend that they have know all of their life. The cheek kiss is usually done with friends and family. If this did happen the woman would be considered of loose morals. In conservative and ultra orthodox Muslim women there would not even be eye contact and certainly no hand contact with the opposite sex. For example when a ultra conservative Muslim woman make a purchase she allows the salesman to put the change on the counter and then picks it up as opposed to setting it in her hand, thereby ensuring no physical contact at all.
Eating/diet/food customs
Egyptian cuisine comes from a crossroad culture so they have picked and chosen those ingredients and food that grow best as well as best meet and the flavor of their people. Egypt has a lot to choose from since it bridges Africa and Asia. Meats are largely grilled or roasted, whole or minced, with lamb and chicken predominating. They also eat fish like perch and tuna. Bread is always whole pita, coated with coarse ground wheat, round, fragrant, and best eaten hot. Vegetables like tomato, little hot green peppers, onions, okra, cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes. Other veggies that show up often are beans, mostly chick pea and fava, which are eaten stewed fro breakfast, hearty stewed for lunch and dinner. Rice is a universal constant which usually consist of grain mix short basmati-like rice with longer brown, nutty tasting rice. There are a lot of spices like saffron and curries and the food is usually spices but not spicy. One of their delicacies is grilled pigeon. They eat a lot of fresh fruits like figs, dates, oranges, and pomegranates. In a Muslim country alcohol is frowned on so they...
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