EGYPTIAN WAYS

In Arabic, Happy/Merry Christmas is 'Eid Milad Majid’ (عيد ميلاد مجيد) which means 'Glorious Birth Feast’. Christmas in Arabic is 'eid almilad’ (عيد الميلاد).

The Nile (النيل‎‎) is regarded as the longest river in the world, though conflicting sources cite a 2007 study that claims it’s the Amazon. It’s 6,853 km long, and an international river as its water resources are shared by 11 countries: Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt. North of Cairo, the Nile splits into 2 branches that feed the Mediterranean: the Rosetta Branch to the west and the Damietta to the east, forming the Nile Delta.

Egyptian Spread

Cairo silhouette

Felucca river boats on the Nile

The Nile (Arabic: النيل‎‎, Coptic: ⲫⲓⲁⲣⲱ) is north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world, though conflicting sources cite a 2007 study that gave the title to the Amazon in South America. The Nile, which is 6,853 km long, is an international river as its drainage basin covers 11 countries, namely, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt. The Nile is the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan - without it, both countries would be in great trouble.

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Egyptian Koshary

Egypt - A Brief History. The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world’s great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose around 3200 BC and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next 3 millennia. The last native dynasty fell to the Persians in 341 BC, who were replaced by Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines. It was the Arabs who introduced Islam and the Arabic language in the 7th century; they ruled for the next 6 centuries. A local military caste, the Mamluks, took control around the year 1250 and continued to govern after the conquest of Egypt by the Ottoman Turks in 1517. Following the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869, Egypt became an important transportation hub, but also fell heavily into debt. Ostensibly to protect its investments, Britain seized control of the government in 1882, as nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914. Partially independent from the UK in 1922, Egypt acquired full sovereignty following WW2. The completion of the Aswan Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honoured place of the Nile in agriculture and the ecology of Egypt. A rapidly growing population (the largest in the Arab world), limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile continue to overtax resources and stress the population.