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Egypt


Customs and Courtesies

Greetings
The traditional Islamic greeting is "assalaamu alaikum" which mean peace be upon you. Men cheek kiss other men and women cheek kiss other women, no woman if good family would cheek kiss a man, even if it is a friend that they have know all of their life. The cheek kiss is usually done with friends and family. If this did happen the woman would be considered of loose morals. In conservative and ultra orthodox Muslim women there would not even be eye contact and certainly no hand contact with the opposite sex. For example when a ultra conservative Muslim woman make a purchase she allows the salesman to put the change on the counter and then picks it up as opposed to setting it in her hand, thereby ensuring no physical contact at all.

Eating/diet/food customs
Egyptian cuisine comes from a crossroad culture so they have picked and chosen those ingredients and food that grow best as well as best meet and the flavor of their......

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