The Art of Living
The art of living is firmly rooted in people's minds and you can feel centuries of experience.
Cuisine
Although some dishes are similar to Middle East Cuisine, Egypt is famous for its typical, local specialities such as
Music and Dance
From Om Kalthoum to pop, from the Cairo Ballet to folk festivals, music and dance remain very much present in the Egyptian soul and can be found throughout the country
Theatre
Theatre was at the heart of Egyptian culture long before the Greeks arrived and built their classical auditoriums, including the theatre seating 10,000 spectators at Oxyrhynchos.
Cinema
Egyptian cinema was the third largest industry in the world during the 1950's.
Literature
With a Nobel Prize for literature in 1988, Naguib Mahfouz shaped the nature of Arabic literature in the twentieth century with his masterpiece "The Cairo Trilogy".
