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Understand Egyptian kindness – it's done a little differently. For instance 'boatman invitations' are invitations you're expected to politely turn down.

 Bedouins are an ancient people, with customs and traditions that run deep. Today, Bedouins are traversing an ever-changing, modern world.

There is one time during the week, when the Cairo is quiet. Do you know when?

Eid al-Fitr is celebrated at the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and begins when the moon is sighted after sunset. 

In the hot Egyptian climate, one of the best places to sit in the evening is an open-air coffee shop and refresh yourself with some drinks.

Muslims say that Ramadan is like a rare flower that blooms only once a year. As soon as we start to smell it, it disappears, not to be seen for another year. It certainly feels like this as time rushes along like crazy. The 30 days of fasting pass very quickly and are over as soon as they begin.

If you like the idea of a temporary henna tattoo why not get an authentic on from a local artist at a Nubian village in Aswan. The tattoos are made on your hands, arms or ankle. Artists use different patterns that were used from Pharaohs, through Arabic to modern day Nubian styles.

Also known as ‘hookah’ or ‘hubbly bubbly’, ‘shisha’ are the ornate, Arabian water pipes through which Egyptians while away the hours toking contentedly on fruit scented tobacco.

In pharaonic times Alabaster was used for all kind of ornaments or statues. Up until now, the soft mineral stone is processed in Egypt.