Tiffany Sanchez

The Given

YOUR MISSING OUT ON

SO MUCH MORE!

“The Mother of the World” “The Mother of the World”

• (Um el-dunia)

Majority of The Population

• Sunni Muslims • Coptic Christians

Schooling

Family Stays Strong

• modern families are adopting the idea of the "nuclear family"

Marriages

• two families meet to discuss the terms of the marriage

• divorce, the father is granted custody of any children, and any dowry paid by the groom to the bride's family must be returned.

Birth And Death

• Families will also arrange for the slaughter of an animal -- two for boys and one for girls -- one week after the birth to mark the event.

• with Islamic custom, the person is usually buried before sundown on the day of death, or, at the least, within three days

Food!

• always serve themselves with their right hands, as the left hand is considered unclean, and to use the left hand would pollute the communal dish.

• mezza (appetizers) Humus, chickpeas• moulkhiyya• Kushari• fuul mudammas

FUN THINGS!