Comments on: Learning the Social and Business Customs of Egypt https://www.expatify.com/egypt/learning-the-social-and-business-customs-of-egypt.html Travel & Expat Lifestyle Magazine Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:07:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 By: wifeinasuitcase https://www.expatify.com/egypt/learning-the-social-and-business-customs-of-egypt.html/comment-page-1#comment-1382 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:34:53 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=2147#comment-1382 Add to this, the importance of greetings. Never launch straight into your topic without first asking how the person is, how is there family, a discussion of the weather. Similarly never ask a man directly about his wife, even if you know she’s not well. Instead enquire about his “family”.

Do keep a pocket full of small denomination money as small tips are expected at every turn for any kind of service (including the man who waves you into a parking spot). Don’t be resentful of this or try to avoid it. It is how poor people try to make an honest living and the Egyptians view it as their way of income redistribution.

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