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 Traditions and customs

Haggling is normal practice in the 'souks;' just be patient and keep a smile on your face and you will get there! Start at around a third of the original quoted price and move up in small increments. Egyptian men enjoy spending their days in cafés, smoking shisha and playing backgammon - this is a serious passion so don't disturb a game! If someone offers to shake your hand, especially after a deal has been concluded, shake it, otherwise that person will be insulted.

 To read, see, listen

guide
Egypt (Lonely Planet Country Guides) by M Firestone (2010)
Travel Egypt Nile Cruise by J Wood and M Wood (2006)
The Rough Guide to Egypt by D Richardson (2007)
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Egypt by Collectif (2009)

books

Naguib Mahfouz's novels (Old Egypt, Love above the Pyramid Plateau Pyramid Plateau and Adrift on the Nile)

















movies

- The works of Alexandrian Youssef Chahine (Bab el Hadid (Cairo Station), The Sixth Day, The Destiny, The other...).

- Bab al-Hadid (Cairo Station), by Youssef Chahine, 1958.








music
Oum Kalsoum (30s diva), Farid El Atrach (40s singer) and Abdel Halim Hafez.
Al-Tuni Ahmad Sheikh
Amr Diab
El Masry Hussein
Ali Hassan Kuban
Aicha Redouane