Egypt Tour

Akhmim is a large town in the east side of the Nile, in Sohag Governorate, in Upper Egypt . It was the capital of the ninth Nome of Upper Egypt and its ancient name was Khent-min. Min, the fertility god , was the lord of Khent-min where he had a sanctuary. In 1981, the ruins of a Greco- Roman temple with colossal statues of Ramses II and Meritamen were discovered. In the Christian Coptic Era, many monasteries were contained within the city's walls. When the city was...

If I could change:
Freedom: whether freedom of opinion, speech or action. Certain topics are prohibited not because of rules but rather because of tradition and taboos.

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Tradition
Afternoon naps: it is popular in for Egyptians to have a nap in the afternoon adults and children , maybe this is because of the heat here that exhaust them.  

Egypt Tour:  El Arish is the capital and largest city of the Egyptian Governorate of North...

Attitude: Attitude seems to be a problem here, as many people like to think they are always right. That presents a problem because no one is right all the time… if everyone could treat others with a bit more respect and would be willing to listen, then life would be a lot easier. 

Over-protectiveness: This culture by nature is very close and it is completely normal that they are protective of each other. For instance, men over their women, parents over their children (...

If I could change:
Judgment: The majority of people here are extremely judgmental; they judge everyone and everything for what they do or don’t do; what they look like; or who they are…People should start by looking at themselves first before others. That is one thing I wish could be different here.
 

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Traditions
Greetings: in Egypt it is very common to see public display of affection when people greet each other, whether two...

Traffic: I think that the traffic in Egypt, in general, is a huge problem. Traffic jams ad problems cause so much delay, hassle and chaos in our day to day life. If there was less traffic, then people wouldn’t be so stressed all the time. Things would go a lot more smoothly and life would be a lot simpler.
However, it is not so bad in Sharm, but it could be a lot better.
Well, that is certainly something to bear in mind…    

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Cherif Bassiouni is a United Nations war crimes expert to say the least...

Cherif who was born in Egypt has done so much already as he is a Distinguished Research Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago since 1964. His legal education was in Egypt, France, Switzerland and the United States where he received the following degrees: LL.B. University of Cairo; J.D. Indiana University; LL.M. John Marshall Law School; S.J.D. George Washington University.

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Hassan Fathy is an Egyptian architect who pioneered the appropriate technology for building in Egypt and is Egypt's best known architect since Imhotep. His speciality was to re-establish the use of mud brick instead of the traditional as opposed to western building designs and lay-outs.

Fathy was born in Alexandria in 1900. It was in 1926 that Fathy graduated from Cairo University (known then as University of King Fuad I) and trained as an architect in Egypt, he designed his first mud...

Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed was an Egyptian intellectual, anti-colonial activist and the first director of Cairo University. In addition, he was also one of the architects of modern Egyptian nationalism as well as the architect of Egyptian secularism and liberalism. Coming from humble roots, Ahmed was born on 15th January 1872 to a family of farmers in the village of Berqin, near Al Senbellawein in the Dakahlia Governorate.He then studied at Al-Azhar University where he attended lectures by...

Gamal Abdel-Rahim was an Egyptian classical music composer, educator, and pianist and whose best-known work is the symphony Osiris.Abdel-Rahim was born in Cairo in 1924 and began playing the piano at an early age. From 1940 to 1944, he joined the Cairo University to study history. However, after graduation a government scholarship enabled him to pursuit his dream of studying music in Germany. He first studied musicology, with Georgiadis at the Heidelberg University. Then from 1951 to 1957 he...

Faten Hamama, is an Egyptian producer and an actress of film, television, and theatre. Faten was born on 27th of May 1931 in Mansoura. She made her first appearance at pretty young age in 1939, when she was only nine years old. Starting with minor roles, she soon worked her way up and after many successful performances; she was able to achieve stardom. Considered an icon in Egyptian and Middle Eastern cinema, Faten helped to improve the cinema industry in Egypt as well as emphasizing the...

Yusuf Idris was an Egyptian writer of plays, short stories, and novels. His work included realistic stories about ordinary and poor people. Many of his works are in the Egyptian vernacular, and he was considered a master of the short story. He was born on19th May, 1927 and trained to be a doctor at the University of Cairo. But it seemed that his love of writing prevailed with the success of his most famous work, his play “AlFarfour” which was the victory of his sought after...

Gamal el-Ghitani is an Egyptian author of historical novels and cultural and political commentaries. He is also the current editor-in-chief of the Akhbar Al-Adab. He was born on 9th May, 1945 to a poor family in the Sohag Governorate in the Upper Egypt region. As a child, he later moved to Cairo with his family. His talent was apparent at an extremely young age as  when he was only 14, he had his first short story published.

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Until his graduation in 1962, he...

Ahmed Shawqi was an Arabic Language poet and dramatist. He was the one to pioneer the modern Egyptian literary movement by introducing the genre of poetic epics to the Arabic literary tradition. Born in 1868 and coming from a privileged family who were very well-connected with the court of the Khelive of Egypt at that time, Shawqi attended law school where he obtained a degree in translation. Upon graduating, he immediately got a in the court of the Khelive Abbas II. Having worked there for...

Abbas Mahmud al-Aqqad was an Egyptian writer. He was born on june 28th, 1889 in Aswan, Lower Egypt. Amazingly, enough, he only graduated from elementary school and did not further complete his education. Even he was only young, he used to spend all his allowances on books and more books…

His career got off the ground at a young age by working in a government office from which he resigned at the age of 17. He started out as a journalist going on to becoming an editor for one of...

Something of a legend here in Egypt, Mohamed Aboutreka is an Egyptian footballer who plays attacking midfielder for the well-known Egyptian club El Ahly as well as the Egyptian national football team. He was born on 7th November 1978 in one of the poorer parts of Giza. It wasn’t until he turned 12 that he took the fitness test at Tersana Club as suggested by his friend where he passed so was able to join the club. At the young age of 17, Aboutreka was promoted to the First Squad...