Eygpt- 6:00am

Eygpt-6:00am

 

It's Friday at six in the morning and we are talking to a teacher from Egypt.  Friday was her day off because Fridays and Saturdays are holy.  When we talked to Egypt, it was two in the afternoon, near the end of the winter season.  The beginning of winter is cold, but winter is the best time of year, because it is warm and sunny. School starts at seven thirty in the morning.  There are about seven or eight lessons in a day.  Usually, students eat sandwiches and biscuits for lunch.  They have a break in the middle of their lessons and that is when they eat their lunch and socialize.  At the end of the day, the students go home and study and complete homework.  If time allows, they have free time.  We also learned some Arabic.  In Arabic, hello is Ahlan Bek.  Ma Esmak means "What is your name?"  Some traditional foods include a green soup, made from a smashed green plant.  Cotton is native as well as wheat, rice, and corn, like us.  They also grow bananas, melons, and other fruits.