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Egyptian dialect, known colloquially as ‘ammia, is the most widely spoken and understood across the Arab World. Its international status took shape in the twentieth century, when the country’s musical industry, cinema, and later broadcast media grew to regional dominance. Yet, the Egyptian Arabic known to the rest of the world through these channels was

Multi-day weddings, feeding the bereaved and homemade bread are all becoming things of the past in rural Egypt, as centuries-old traditions are steadily squeezed by a punishing economic crisis

Egypt’s soaring inflation has pressured villagers to cut back costs on multi-day weddings as well as funeral customs. Stung hard by skyrocketing prices, the Arab country is trying hard to hold on to its tradition of Ramzan charity in cities

Multi-day weddings, feeding the bereaved and homemade bread are all becoming things of the past in rural Egypt, as centuries-old traditions are steadily squeezed by a punishing economic crisis.

Multi-day weddings, feeding the bereaved and homemade bread are all becoming things of the past in rural Egypt, as centuries-old traditions are steadily

Long, generous celebrations and commemorations are becoming a thing of the past as people feel the pinch.

More Egyptians crushed by 33.9 percent annual inflation as of March, are abandoning once-cherished rituals of celebration and mourning.

Funerals without meals, shortened wedding parties, and even thinner gold wedding rings... In Egypt, the economic crisis has not only changed consumer habits but is also shaking up centuries-old traditions.

Multi-day weddings, feeding the bereaved and homemade bread are all becoming things of the past in rural Egypt, as centuries-old traditions are steadily squeezed by a punishing economic crisis

Egyptian producers brace for heat wave threatening crops this weekend