Egyptian lifestyle…
kind of "too modern" expression for a subject about Egypt from behind
tourism commercials. In fact, I will speak about Egyptian life from a so
"selfish" point of view… I say "selfish" because to speak
about this subject I suppose to interview about 90 million Egyptians plus a few
million foreigners living here because of work, marriage, adventure or just
simply because they want so (from a reason or another).
From the beginning,
I will point that each country of this world you can describe it easily using
three words: people, places, facts. I learned this from a so simple old country
man whom I don't think he had more than elementary school, but he was so wise
and so equilibrating than any of us could be (I say "he was" because I
don't know if him or his wife are still alive, but sure I felt so honored and
so happy to know them).
People, places and
facts… but if we look inside each country we clearly see that every home with
its habits and what seems to be general it is not applicable to all!
Egypt…well I have
seen many women young and old jumping into Fontana d'Amore (The Fountain of
Love) just to feel the magic of Egypt…but GIRLS (whatever your age is)! The
magic of Egypt don't hide between the arms of a young restless Egyptian guy…
and for sure not love either! The truth is that the magic of Egypt you can't
feel it, discover it, see it or even smell it from the window or the pool of a
fancy resort or from a visit to the Pyramids or a "stolen" kiss from
the Sphinx! If you think that being a "faithful" tourist of Egypt
brings you on the wings of Isis, you have to know that there is a long road
until Osiris's palace and not every guy is a real pharaoh (being a pharaoh of
our days has nothing to do with richness or "sculptured" body and
"long teeth smiling"! But with being a true Lion of the Desert:
honesty and dignity; character strength and self-confidence; born to be a
leader and powerful enough by the power of word used as a sword, not just the strengthens
of the body! Girls!!! Search for your Lion of the Desert from whatever country
he could be, important is that "your guy" be the one which makes you
the Queen of his kingdom and treat you as well too!!! ;)
And what about you,
the tourist guy which comes from Europe or from America with his group of
friends to enjoy "the goodies" of Egypt? Just because you smoke
nargeela and you wear kaftan (in your way back home to show your country
fellows how "cool you are, dude"), just because you bought a t-shirt
with "I love Egypt" or some "pharaoh stuffs" (souvenirs)
this doesn't make you more than an ordinary "tourist dude guy" like
any one else from your group or other groups!
So ALL OF YOU! Step
aside and take a deep breath because we are going to explore a little bit the areas
underneath the "clothes" of glamorous touristic Egypt: neighborhoods, markets, tram & micro bus stations, restaurants, cinemas,
malls, library, museums, schools & education, street life, daily life and
night life, work places, shops & shopping, hospitals and health care,
religious life, family life, teenagers vs. adults, youth generation vs. aged
generation, men & women and a lot more!
