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

Egypt at a Glance 271

Offi cial Name

Arab Republic of Egypt

Capital

Cairo

Flag

Three equal horizontal stripes of red, white and black (from
top to bottom) with the national emblem, the Golden Eagle
of Saladin, in the centre, within the white stripe.

National Anthem

Bilady, Bilady, Bilady (My Homeland, My Homeland, My
Homeland)

Time

Greenwich Mean Time plus 2 hours (GMT +0200) with
daylight savings of an extra hour.

Telephone Country Code

20

Land

Located in North Africa, Egypt has the Mediterranean Sea to
its north, Sudan to its south and Libya to its west. Its eastern