Culture Shock! Egypt - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette

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dated. Among the English-language publications available
are USA Today, Newsweek and Time. These publications
are not censored as they are in some other Middle Eastern
countries (and used to be in Egypt 20 years ago). You
can find them at the major hotels, a few news-stands
and bookshops.

Magazines Published in Egypt

Here are several other magazines, which are published in Egypt,

that are rather good.

„ Egypt Today

A monthly, local English-language publication that covers a

range of topics.

„ Sports and Fitness Egypt

Provides monthly highlights of sporting events.

„ Business Today

A good magazine for business related topics on Egypt and

the world.

„ Business Monthly

The monthly journal of the American Chamber of Commerce

(AmCham) in Egypt.

Cabarets and Discotheques

Dancing lights, clinking glasses and loud music hit you
squarely as you step through the doors into the sanctum
of Egypt’s response to the Western nightclub. Coloured
lights playing on silver balls bounce kaleidoscope sparkles
throughout the room. These are the discotheques frequented
by Egyptians.
Everywhere you turn, smiling couples move to the
tantalising tempos of Western disco and rock music. The
sounds of the 1970s and 1980s reverberate through powerful
amps blasting from every corner. Hot spots for unmarried
Egyptian couples (almost totally upper-class), discos provide
a haven for the Western-style singles’ life. You can get
imported alcoholic drinks at many clubs, as well as local
beer and wine. Dancing is openly flirtatious, though not
really suggestive.