Egypt - Culture Smart! - The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Egypt - Culture Smart! - The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture This revised and updated edition of Culture Smart! The largely secular revolution that started in Cairo's Tahrir Square in January…
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Egypt - Culture Smart! - The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
This revised and updated edition of Culture Smart! The largely secular revolution that started in Cairo's Tahrir Square in January 2011 became the flagship of the Arab Spring revolts. Egypt reveals a country in the throes of change.
But the situation remains fluid. The uprising resulted in a political effervescence, with new parties, movements, and groups all jostling for space in the new political landscape. Free elections produced a parliament dominated by Islamists and the country's political and social identity has yet to be defined.
Egypt's heady spirit of change is both rooted in and challenged by traditional and deeply conservative values. The timeless Egypt that has inspired conquerors, academics, and artists for millennia is home to 82 million people who call it Omm Eddunia, Mother of the World. It is the people who are Egypt's true wealth.
They are friendly, cheerful,