THE EGYPTIAN

COMMUNICATION

TEAM MEMBERS

• Trần Nhật Hạ (Team Leader)

• Phạm Thùy An

• Phạm Mai Anh

• Nguyễn Thị Phương Hà

• Hứa Bào Duy

• Phan Tuấn Vũ

INTRODUCTION

• Area: 1,001,450 square km

• Population: 83,688,164

• Capital: Cairo

• Big Cities: Alexandria, Gizeh,

Shubra EL- Kheima

• Languaes: Arabic (official), English

and French

• Religion: Muslim (mostly Sunni)

90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%

Alazhar park Karnak temple

Valley of the kingsPyramids and Sphinx of

GizaTemple of Abu Simbel

Cairo Citadel Mohammed Ali

The Business Negotiation

Time of meeting: They are usually unpunctual in appointments.

Whatever the reason, you should be patient if you want to work

with Epyptian negotiator.

Tardiness

Traffic jam

Verbal and Nonverbal Communication

Expressiveness: they express emotion by using emphatic, elaborate verbal

language.

Conversational Overlap: The Egyptian tendency to engage in conversational

overlap.

Touch behavior: They engage in frequent touching among friends.

International space: They should not back away from someone in Egypt

• Most comfortable at half an arm’s-length distance or less

Eye contact:

Egyptian men expect you to look them in the eye all the while you are conversing

with them.

A woman visitor should avoid making direct eye contact with an Egyptian male on

the street.

Taboos: Always use only your right hand when eating or passing something to an

Egyptian

When seated, avoid showing the soles of your shoes

Verbal and Nonverbal Communication

Eye contact

Taboos

Left- handed behavior

Avoid looking directly Egyptian men in the

street

Business protocol.

• Dress Code

For men : conservative suit, tie or neat pants.

for women : simple elegant Wesrtern suit or dress.

• Forms of Address : you should use a person’ s first name and precede

it with Mr and Ms.

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Change

Change

Ancient and modern people

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Meeting and Greeting

Men shake hands with both man and women.

Women shake hands with other women.But avoid a bone-

crushing grip.

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Topic of conversation

Egyptian history, food and monuments.

Staying away from Middle Eastern politics unless your local counterpart

raises the issue.

Talking about families, avoid asking about the counterpart’s wife and

daughters.

Interrupted Meeting

Rate to have a private meeting between two people

Rude turn away drop-in visitors or to refuse to take a phone call

Meeting Refreshment

Congenial, friendly and hospitable people

The drink is really a symbol of Egyptian hospitality

Gift

• Avoid giving alcohol or any other item forbiden to a

Muslim person.

• Present the gift with both hands or with the right hand

only

Guest Behavior

Bringing a cake or high quality chocolates when you are invented

Flower are for wedding or cheer up sick people

Guest Behavior

Avoiding the compliments

The food is less important than the opportunity to relax and interact with

friends

Host Behavior

Over 90% Egyptian people rarely eat pork and drink alcoholic beverages who are

Muslims.

Negotiating Behavior

Negotiable action usually occur in Egyptian business

Egyptians are often expecting their counterparts to grant major concessions on price

and terms.

This is a difficult problem with their partner and they should be prepared for bazaar

haggling.

Just ask question???