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One country I have been fascinated with for a while, and recently have become really fascinated with, is Egypt. I am mostly

fascinated by the Egyptians themselves. They are a very colorful, intriguing people. Ive run into some Egyptians here and there in

northern Virginia area, but havent really known any longterm. I met one man, and later two ladies as they checked out at my register

at !hoppers "ood #arehouse in $%%&. #ay back in '( I met this heavyset, fiftysomething guy at !outh )un indoor pool. The

longest Ive known, was this skinny athletic kid named *ansur, who I met during a summer program at +ake raddock. There were acouple of kids I went to school with who were halfEgyptian- dam hmed, whose dad is Egyptian and his mom, white merican-

and my !haraf who I think was the same thing. /ow, recently there are two darkskinned Egyptians at V01. One guy is 2'$2

years old, and his name is Islam 3alouda. The other guy is hmed 4agag, I think he would be in his late 5%s or even early 6%s. Oh,there was the calculus teacher at /OV in summer $%%&, 7rofessor 3hadiga 8amgoum. !he wore the full headscarf and garb. !hes

a great teacher. 0urrently, in the summer of $%2%, my accounting systems professor is from Egypt as well. !he is *rs. 9ina El

*ahdy. There was a young man named 3erolos *akhloof. 4e unfortunately lost his life this past summer. 4e was $2 years old, afellow V01 student and resident of +orton. 0heck him out here. http:;;www.facebook.com;id?('(&6%2%@,

http:;;www.facebook.com;profile.php>id?('(&6%2%@ref?ts

Egypt is a country in /orth fricaC/ortheast frica to be eDact. It has been conFuered by conFuered by a number of peoples sinceancient times,. The ncient )omans in 5% 0, the 7ersians in &$& 0E, and finally the rabs around the (thcentury. The rabs

spread their language, culture, and Islamic religion to the native Egyptians. minority of Egyptians remained in their protestant

faithC0optic 0hristians.

This picture was taken in Aswan, Woman in upper Nile region

by some freelance travellers. This is a waitress

at one of the restaurants they went to.

Modern young city women with their cellphones. oooohh

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And this woman doesnt mind showing off her beautiful hair.

Cheerful woman

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Women chilling near a beach in Alexandria.

Happy boy Man doing his thing in Cairo

Man checking out the daily news

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Man relaxing at a coffee-house or an Ahwa as they are known.

Two men doing their thing as they watch an Obama *an at work

Interview on TVThe men on the left are probably blue collar workers, since they look a bit more rough and sunburned than the

guy on the right.

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Egyptian woman looking cute here at the Arab American Street Fair in NYC in summer 2006.

The late Kerolos Makhloof

edouins: edouins are desert dwellers. They have traditionally lived in tents, and led a nomadic way of

liveCwhich many still do, by riding camels. !peaking of camels, I would love to ride one. I first saw real live

camels in a truck when we were on a road trip. nyways, back to the main topic. I read that many of the

bedouin now live in houses and use trucks for transportationCnot sure if they actually drive those trucks or Gustget rides in them

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large number of edouin are natives of Egypt, and others are actually recently from !audi rabia and the

rabian peninsula. I guarantee you this man here is from there.

edouin camp

edouin women

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Aoung edouin girl. Im pretty sure the people in this pic are native Egyptian edouin and so are the men in

the neDt two pics.

edouin men in #adi el 8amal national park

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This is the happiestlooking edouin I have ever seen. *akes desert life look fun.

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dorable girls at wedding party in +uDor

Young farmer or fellah!fellahin for plural". He looks like a darker skinnier #ersion of $ony %halhoub. $he fellahin are the farmers of&gypt along the nile. $hey are belie#ed to be descended mostly from the ancient &gyptians. $hey li#e in mud-brick houses 'ust liketheir ancestors.

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Man in %akkara near some pyramids

Man wearing the same sort of headdress that Arafat used to

#oman standing in her doorway in +uDor 3ids in very southern Egypt.

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8roup of boys hanging together. I think two of the boys are brothers. The other two lighter ones are probably brothers too. I

think this is the place where hmed 3arims henchmen got totally pawned by Honny and 4adGi in the 0urse of nubisJ, aHonny Kuest episode. http:;;www.youtube.com;watch>v?b!bK$+pTp

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Nubians:/ubians are the people of !outhern EgyptCfrom swan down, and parts of /orthern !udan. They look distinct from most

other Egyptians, and speak their own /ubian dialects along with rabic. #e know about the various dealings of /ubians and

mainstream Egyptians during ancient times. Egypt ruled /ubia for 2%%% yearsC$%%% 0 to 2%%% 0. ut the /ubians fought againstEgypt, and gained the upper hand, and /ubian 7haraohs ruled Egypt for a 2%% years C@%% to (%% 0. /ubians were very helpful in

the Egyptian armies for some time as archers. /ow, back to modern times. 1nfortunately, I found out that the number of people still

speaking the /ubian language is Fuite small. rabic has been given priority. I heard that a lot of young womenCusually in

universities think that its not Mmodern to speak /ubian. !o, there are people that can speak it but refuse to. The territory of /ubianpeople in !udan is in great danger of being replaced by some large dams that are about to be built. Its really sad. I have Goined group

called )escue /ubiaJ on "acebook. Aou can look it up.

oy in 3om Ombo.

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This woman looks like shes playing hide and seek

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Pretty Nubian woman at performance at one ofThose Islam Kalouda, our local Egyptian from Reston, VA.

Born in Egypt, but came here at the age of e !ust li"e me.

This young Nubian guy named Khalid Toshkawey,randomly added me as a friend on facebook back in March. I really like him, though. e is also a fan of !escueNubia, which is how he came across my name.Khalid posted this really cool commercial at http"##www.facebook.com#profile.php$id%&&&'&'&()*+%wall+story-fbid%&))(/&&00*(&1

Mohamed Mounir, a ery well#"nown artist.

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#edding.

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A rather charminglooking! happy woman outsi"e her home.

*an in swan, looking like a GaNN musician

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Occasionally, youll see /ubians that look like these two men here, Fuite *iddle Eastern or 0aucasianlike.

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0rocodile hanging in a /ubian home. I hope that croc is dead. #hy in the world would they hang a living

crocodile in their home>

Im not sure whether these people here are /ubians or Gust normal 1pper Egyptians.

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eautiful home. I would definitely consider this house here, after the owner moves out. Then again, theyll

probably live their until they all die. eautiful home, though

"ebruary $%22: )ecently there has been some upheaval in Egypt. 7eople became fedup with 7res. 4osni

*ubarakCwho had been in power 5% years. They staged many protestsCmostly around the northern cities of

0airo and leDandria. Even though it was mainly a relatively peaceful protest, there was still absolutecraNiness along with it. There were violent clashes between protesters and police;security forces. wellknown

reporter even got viciously attacked while filming. *ubarak finally gave up power. It may be best to read

about it under $%22 Egyptian )evolutionJ on wikipedia.

There is a man named Aehya living in the +os ngeles area who has a very very thick Egyptian accent who

likes to take pictures of himself with celebrities. 4e is hilarious and Gust really silly. Aou have to check him

out. http:;;www.youtube.com;watch>v?+eyouP#ao.

lso there was this gentle, very pleasant guy that appeared on merican IdolJ.

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*y favorite episode of Honny Kuest

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Egyptianmerican comic, who has made some really funny videos reflecting his Egyptian heritage

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http:;;www.youtube.com;watch>v?u'n'7yK&voLfeature?relatedeing EgyptianJ III the best one which

has some cool Egyptian music accompanying it.

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