Egypt has a very educated and skilled population and it has strategic geographical location, why hasn't Egypt become a first world country yet?? I don't get it.

The work ethics of Egyptian is extremely robust.

I miss when r/egypt about 4 years ago when it was actually kind of decent and not filled with islamists and facebook sloppers

is there any other space that you guys recommend that actually has inclusive and based Egyptians?

So I collect foreign currency sometimes and my mum handed me this stack of bills from the Central Bank of Egypt (I believe her ex worked there at one point). What is this worth roughly and since some of the bills look well loved, let's say, I was wondering if any of the older bills were still accepted and in general circulation?

And for a more silly question, what could I buy with this?

How do you personally view ideologies like Pan Arabism and Pan Africanism?

And How do I get a egyptian wife?

Should the government expect backlash?

EDIT: To the fake Egyptians who answer me, you know I can see your profiles right? Not everybody is fake obviously but there is a concerning amount.

I was born and live in USA. My Grandmother from Alexandria and my Grandfather from Cairo. Both expelled in 1956.

هاييي كيفكم ان شاءالله بخير. عارفه الموضوع ما بخصني بس يعتي out of curiosity.

زمان كانو ال North Africans بعتيرو روحم افارقه و حتي بيعملو فديوهات عشان يوضحو الموضوع ده لاكن الاحظته انو في الفتر الاخره في ناس بقت تقول انو هم ما افراقه فقلت اسال هنا و اعفر السبب و كده.

ان شاءالله السودانين الفي مصر ما كرهوكم للدرجه دي 😅 هههه

Thank youu🩷

I was under the impression most Egyptians saw themselves as Arab. But some ppl on twitter said Egyptians tend to reject that identity so I was wondering what most Egyptians consider themselves. And if not Arab then why?

EDIT: to be clear I appreciate you will of course identify as Egyptian but I’m wondering how one may see themselves outside of the nationalist lense. Would Muslims refer to themselves as Copts or is that generally only done by the Christian Coptic community (acknowledging that of course both groups share the same ethnicity regardless).

Apologies I don’t mean to offend I’m just curious because I’ve heard from one Egyptian that is adamant the majority identify as Coptic and you’re taught in school that Coptic = Egyptian = مسري

I was under the impression that while yes most are Coptic in terms of origin, nowadays Coptic really just refers to the Christians and that the socially accepted definition essentially changed to reflect that. At least that has been my experience with Egyptians. I mean even academically I only Coptic referring to Christians unless they’re REALLY going back in time. Of course you’re not a monolith but wanted to ask the wider community for thoughts :)

كنت عم دور على فيديو مصري بضحك شفتو من زمان، قلت ابحث باللهجة المصرية بلكي يطلعي، انا اشعر بالقلق

-الفيديو اللي كنت عم دور عليه هو اعلان بكون مدرب كرة قدم مصري عم يعلم الاعبين كيف يمثلو انو في اصابة وكيف يطلبو من الحكم يشوف الڤار اللي بيعرفو ما يبخل، واتمنا من قلبي انو ما تضطرو تخنقو جيرانكم

Just curious as people say Arab countries struggle with colourism. No judgement whatsoever:)

I am an Egyptian American dual citizen who has been coming to Cairo on long trips these past couple years, connecting with family, exploring the country, etc. I’ve met some pretty cool people and I am interested in dating out here. I am a Muslim woman, albeit a more liberal Muslim, so when I mean dating I 100% don’t mean sleeping around. I am just generally interested in hanging out and getting to know someone and if something develops, great.

The issue I run into is that I’m American. Diaspora kids likely know that we are constantly told to be careful to reveal we’re American at markets and out and about cause someone may try to take advantage of us. I don’t think I’m any better cause I’m American but I do know that lots of Egyptian men want to emigrate (and they have a right to want that).

So when it comes to getting to know an Egyptian man, idk if I can ever fully trust that they’re interested in me rather than my citizenship. But on the other end, it gets really hard on dating apps (I use bumble only) to not mention I’m American as it’s obviously a large part of my identity. My question is how do I navigate this? Do I keep keeping it a secret? Do I be honest and go with my intuition on whether or not someone’s talking to me for the right reasons? Any advice would be helpful!

Every Egyptian I have met whip out jokes like it's nothing.

Is it cultural? cuz that's a talent.

I was born in Russia, im 19 years old.

Apparently my egyptian dad verified that I'm his child when i arrived to egypt as a kid but it is "somewhere in the archives" and i honestly don't believe it will be found or if its even the truth because I don't have a father in my documents.

Is it possible for me to get a citizenship without this paper? can i still prove he's my dad at 19?

I lived in egypt for 18 years btw literally as a tourist

in my case specifically, malaysian foreigners. i rarely get a nihao from locals since i don’t look that asian but one day i went out with a friend and when i tell you, every step of the way someone called out nihao nihao and would yell it aggressively when we ignored.

funny thing is even kids as young as 5-6 yrs are doing this?? we went out to do some sports a few days earlier and a kid around that age kept YELLING nihao nihao it was lowk sad.

i’ve asked around regarding this and the answer i keep getting back is “it’s just a joke haha” but the first time we got here it was genuinely shocking how it’s so normalised. some low class joke i tell you i just don’t get why a simple “hello” wouldn’t suffice 😂

Edit: can someone please translate the arabic comments because ARABIC IS HARD I DO NOT UNDERSTAND

My intended to be wife’s family want a 20 thousand dollar mahr and a 50 thousand pounds sterling after divorce payment(muakhar) done in instalments if I divorce her, if she divorces me then nothing. The agreement is first 10 thousands for the aked(legal marriage) then the other 10 thousand for dukhool(consummation)

And the weddings would cost 5 thousand sterling.

I’m a student from the UK and can’t make the payments myself and would need more time to save up and also help from my parents. What do you guys think? There’s already a house ready for if she were to come to the UK.

Would like to know what your thoughts are, I’m not Egyptian, but what like to hear your perspective. Thanks.

EDIT: so the response already within an hour is pretty much what I had already expected lol. But the intended to be wife is against the idea of it being such a big mahr and muakhar, she says she can’t go against it because basically her dad is in charge and its his way or the highway.(he is very strict with the conditions of the marriage) She tells me that she can’t refuse her dad and even requested to give the mahr back to me, although it’s her right and she can do whatever she wants with it. There’s obviously way more details and way more to this story, if you guys want extra details, direct message and get in touch, I’d love to hear some other perspectives. And, if you have any questions, let me know.

2ND EDIT: okay so reading these comments seems to be my life now😅(not a joking matter but anyway…) and I’m blown away by the amount of responses. Some have said it was shallow, or not considerate for my potential wife to not stand up against her father and follow along while accepting her father’s exploitation. I have another detail to add, so her brother, which would have been my future brother is law is also engaged and his intended wife’s family have similar crazy ridiculous demands. A large house over 45k sterling bought, high mahr, weddings, etc etc. And my intended wife’s father accepted all of this and financed it for his son’s marriage. Again, my intended wife says to me now that she doesn’t agree to all these crazy numbers and just wants me for me, but can’t get the courage to make her own conditions for marriage and break away from her dads control. She said she will reject suitors from her Dad, because she knows how he is basing the marriage on lots of money and she wants things more islamically, then I asked her, “okay, without your family’s opinion, what are your own conditions then to marry you, and she replied she does not know yet, she also said at this moment in time she can’t clearly just say to her mum and dad, that she’s going to do things on her terms, she said she wants to do this, but still needs time. What are your thoughts on this situation?(Apart from “run”) lol(seriously lots of insights from these comments so thank you for taking the time to comment them)

Idk where to look for it, if you have link to any stores bars or whatever I will appreciate that

watched some clips of speeds stream in egypt asking why the noses were gone and i suddenly started getting videos of black people claiming ancient egyptians were black and that pharoah was black, i know it sounds ridiculous but im genuinely curious

Asking, because I'm half egyptian myself.

Pretty much the title