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Egypt
Capital: Cairo
The Nile, koshari, and 7,000 years of jokes.
Daily life
Cairo never sleeps — honking, ahwas (cafes), and shisha smoke. Friday lunches with family are sacred. Egyptians are famous for their humor.
Food
- Koshari
- Ful medames
- Molokhia
- Mahshi
- Umm Ali
Family values
Family is the backbone. Mothers' opinions carry weight into adulthood.
Holidays & traditions
Eid al-FitrEid al-AdhaCoptic Christmas (Jan 7)Sham el-Nessim
Religion & spiritual life
Majority Sunni Muslim with a large Coptic Christian minority — one of the oldest Christian communities in the world.