04-21-2006, 09:06 AM
Bismillah
as salam alykom shereen
Of course there are people from other countries who come and live here for different purposes, like ex pats who get contracted with multi national companies. But I doubt that there are people who come here for Hijra (immigration) as the economic position is not like the Gulf area. however, still reverts do put Egypt on their list of Hijra countries.
Yes there are Pakistanis and Indians, there are also those from Bahra sect, u know.
There are international schools to cater for those groups, international Pakistani, Indonesian ..etc.
As for the language, we speak arabic but of course not Fusah, we speak the colloquial Egyptian, which is well understood among other Arab countries (unlike the Tunisian or Maroacan for ex.) because of the TV material. Egypt is very active in TV production which is much exported all over the Arab region. That is why they do understand our dialect. But this dialect is getting changed due to youth newly innovated vocabulary they keep adding which me myself is unable to cope with leave alone use. Thus it is not an accent it is a colloquial language.
As for the favorite drink, Egyptians like tea, black tea, mostly they also drink it with much sugar.
Ok that is all for now, what else do u have in mind or anyone else. You are all most welcome.