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Hi. I'm from egypt and had things that isn't common for the average egyptian living in egypt. AMA (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by rulu@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I have been to an international school in egypt (british) North coast, and I live in a gated community.

Basically you would I guess see me as that privileged person in egypt which yea you are not wrong Well I would I think be privileged compared to the average egyptian living in egypt which would be like where you go to a national school and that you live in a normal area (Basically no gated communities) so yeah

And yes I’m 17 years old right now so yeah that too also I know this doesn’t fully fit here sorry but still

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[–] radiouser@crazypeople.online 15 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a joke for you: Why are there Pyramids in Egypt? Because they wouldn't fit in the British museum.

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 12 points 4 weeks ago

What is your favourite quintessentially Egyptian food?

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Did the international school charge you extra for punctuation?

[–] Samsuma@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

imagine going all like "schpeak the queens englisch why dunt ya" over a teen on the internet.

[–] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 weeks ago

Are you able to recommend any shows or movies that portray Egypt and your culture well?

We Americans don't get a lot of exposure to Egypt much outside of media like Indiana Jones or Moon Knight (which, despite having scenes set in Cairo, wasn't filmed in Egypt as far as I know).

[–] Samsuma@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

This one's little on the personal side, so you can choose to ignore this question if you want. Outside the gated community, do you find it hard to "fit in" with the general community at times because of your background? Or put in another way, was there ever a moment where your "difference" to an average native was highlighted?

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

How's the weather?

[–] rulu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

good though we don't really get snow or atleast alot of snow unfortunately

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 3 points 4 weeks ago

So it's cold-ish? I've never been to any Mediterranean coast so I don't know what it's like, not any time of year nor Winter. Does your family travel elsewhere a lot?

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

so what's the real story on the pyramids?

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

How bad is it for average people compared to your situation in Egypt? I hear politics and economy isn't great over there