Post Tagged with: "cultural differences in Egypt"
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Communication Problems in Egypt – how to converse
When people speaking different native languages come together misunderstandings are common – sometimes you don’t know you are having two different convesations in Egypt!
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Lost My Head in the Bank!
Mara
Owner at Mara House Hotel LuxorHi - I'm Mara (Marie Vaughan) and I have been helping people experience the best of Egypt since 2003, when I moved from Ireland to Egypt, and built Mara House.Latest posts by Mara (see all)
- “Tourists Return to Egypt as Prices Fall & Security Improves” - 21/05/2018
- What is the Best Currency to Take to Egypt? - 13/05/2018
- Agha Saleem – his foolish wife and lost treasure - 26/04/2018
“Do you speak arabic?” I am often asked…….from now on my answer will be “just enough to cause a riot if I want!” One thing that sends my blood pressure up is when someone jumps a queue I am standing […]
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Niqab or Hijab – a sometimes controversial topic
Mara
Owner at Mara House Hotel LuxorHi - I'm Mara (Marie Vaughan) and I have been helping people experience the best of Egypt since 2003, when I moved from Ireland to Egypt, and built Mara House.Latest posts by Mara (see all)
- “Tourists Return to Egypt as Prices Fall & Security Improves” - 21/05/2018
- What is the Best Currency to Take to Egypt? - 13/05/2018
- Agha Saleem – his foolish wife and lost treasure - 26/04/2018
Niqab – Hijab. To wear or not to wear. There is a brilliant personal piece of writing by Nadia here where she tells her story of going from not wear to wearing and back to not wearing the niqab (face […]
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Difference between Western & Egyptian Societies
Mara
Owner at Mara House Hotel LuxorHi - I'm Mara (Marie Vaughan) and I have been helping people experience the best of Egypt since 2003, when I moved from Ireland to Egypt, and built Mara House.Latest posts by Mara (see all)
- “Tourists Return to Egypt as Prices Fall & Security Improves” - 21/05/2018
- What is the Best Currency to Take to Egypt? - 13/05/2018
- Agha Saleem – his foolish wife and lost treasure - 26/04/2018
Many times guests have asked me the differences between Western and Egyptian ways of life, thinking etc. and it is a subject one could talk about and analyse for hours. But today I found this on the net and I […]
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