![]() ![]() It explains values and attitudes, and guides you through local customs and traditions. ![]() It outlines the country's history and shows the forces that have shaped its sensibility. In bringing the narrative up to date, this new edition of Culture Smart! Egypt explores the codes and paradoxes of Egyptian life. They are friendly, cheerful, proud, and renowned for their sense of humor. It is the people who are Egypt's true wealth. The timeless Egypt that has inspired conquerors, academics, and artists for millennia is home to 82 million people who call it Omm Eddunia, Mother of the World. Egypt's heady spirit of change is both rooted in and challenged by traditional and deeply conservative values. ![]() Free elections produced a parliament dominated by Islamists and the country's political and social identity has yet to be defined. The uprising resulted in a political effervescence, with new parties, movements, and groups all jostling for space in the new political landscape. The largely secular revolution that started in Cairo's Tahrir Square in January 2011 became the flagship of the Arab Spring revolts. This revised and updated edition of Culture Smart! Egypt reveals a country in the throes of change. ![]()
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