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Daily Life in Egypt
Home » Egypt » Egypt - The People and the Culture » Daily Life in EgyptAs Egypt comprises of many close knit families, each member depending on age will have a certain role in the well being of the household and compared to other countries, it is certainly different how they work together and create a great lifestyle.
Now the country is become more of an industrial based country and has for some time, the working men do tend to be very studious and have a good education so even though the area does have a population of poorer people, this is equally matched by a certain percentage that are in charge of one of the many factories that are found in many of the suburbs.
When younger sons reach the age of 10 or 11 it is their responsibility to look after the farming land that previously the father or another male relative may have cultivated and when the time comes, once the schooling duties have been finished (if they could afford schooling) they would work the fields.
It was mainly up to the mother of the group to prepare the relevant meals throughout the day and depending on the financial wealth of a family would vary greatly on what they ate. The main dishes a local family would eat comprises of vegetables and traditional Arabic bread with some form of meat that would be cooked on a grill and then traditional herbs and spices added.
Egypt is becoming a richer land all the time and it is not often you will come across a family that cannot afford schooling or proper homes, it was the case in the past but with such an economical growth, many thousands of jobs have been created and it is therefore possible to maintain a household and any lands that have been acquired over time.
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