Culture Shock! Egypt - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
90 CultureShock! Egypt separate groups, after dinner for example, eliminating the issue. Does anyone recognise this pattern of b ...
Social Interactions 91 should marriage be your intent, find the woman’s appropriate male relative with whom you should negotiate ...
92 CultureShock! Egypt Unexpected Engagement In her excitement for learning about everything Egyptian, one of my students pursue ...
Social Interactions 93 relationships are frowned upon by the majority of people in Egypt. This kind of behaviour is frequently s ...
94 CultureShock! Egypt ritual. The marriage contract is both religious and secular. It can be viewed as both in that many parts ...
Social Interactions 95 In most cases, selection is by choice, but choice based on little or no direct knowledge of the person’s ...
96 CultureShock! Egypt In arranged marriages, the fathers of the prospective couple sometimes negotiate the contract without con ...
Social Interactions 97 this, the mother could assure that her son’s devotion was not diluted by the wiles of his new wife. Accor ...
98 CultureShock! Egypt Although men may have up to four wives in Islam, most people seem to feel it is wrong for a man to have m ...
Social Interactions 99 means either her father, brother or uncle re-acquires financial responsibility for her. The family also a ...
100 CultureShock! Egypt trying to educate the population about the hazards attached to FGM. The curriculum at medical schools an ...
Social Interactions 101 on the side of giving someone a higher ranking title, rather than a lower one. A word of caution when me ...
102 CultureShock! Egypt Dress What Egyptians wear and what you will feel comfortable wearing depends to a large extent on where ...
Social Interactions 103 or woven fabric shirts (usually collared). Men generally do not wear shorts or tank tops in public unles ...
104 CultureShock! Egypt with long, loose sleeves (preferably made of cotton or some other natural fibre) is actually cooler in t ...
Social Interactions 105 Men’s Fashion For men, business meetings and social gatherings require reasonably conservative attire. H ...
106 CultureShock! Egypt Veiling The practice of veiling intrigues Westerners beyond belief. Some think it represents the most ho ...
Social Interactions 107 difference from others. Wearing the cloak or overgarment also signalled that these women should not be a ...
108 CultureShock! Egypt Households and Houses Although lifestyles vary considerably by social class and economic conditions, Egy ...
Social Interactions 109 For rural people, the challenges are somewhat different. Limited land available for farming means that, ...
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