Second part of my trip through Egypt to visually tell the experience lived in the African Continent, Egypt and its ancient culture.
Originally the Egyptian religion was its own, and they prayed to their own Egyptian gods. But of course takeovers happened, and the most recent one was by the Arabians, so now the religion is Muslim.
Along with the Muslim religion, came the language of Arabic. As I mentioned above, English is not widely known as a second language, which makes it hard to talk to people. But most guides and most market vendors speak English. You can also just use a translating app, or even a language learning app to try and learn some Arabic!
The most noticeable things about the culture in Cairo, are that everyone goes out at night and seems to sleep or stay inside during the day. Makes sense since it’s very hot during the day. Ironically though, there’s not a huge night-party-scene, because most people don’t drink! It’s part of their religion. They do seem to smoke a lot of cigarettes and drink a lot of coffee though. Contrary to some hearsay, women do work, and yes they wear hijabs, but some don’t. You are also not required to wear one. You ARE however, expected to cover up!
Love the Egypt culture!!