ALEXANDRIAN culture, Alexandria

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  Lunch is ready
by zanzooni
  • Lunch is ready
      Lunch is ready
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  • Café along the corniche
      Café along the corniche
    by mikey_e
  • Inside a snack joint in Alexandria
      Inside a snack joint in Alexandria
    by mikey_e
  • Ahmed and the Shisha
      Ahmed and the Shisha
    by zanzooni
  • Me with a new friend eating ful medamis.
      Me with a new friend eating ful medamis.
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  • The guys chowing down on the local basics.
      The guys chowing down on the local...
    by zanzooni
  •   ALEXANDRIAN culture
    by sayedaburas
  •   ALEXANDRIAN culture
    by Latvija
  •   ALEXANDRIAN culture
    by Latvija
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    Cafés

    by mikey_e Written Aug 13, 2011 1956 reviews
    Caf�� along the corniche

    Alexandria is blessed by a long Corniche, and this, of course, gives rise to a very healthy café culture. In the areas of the city such as Montazah, where there are many tourists and locals who come to enjoy the beaches, you'll find a large number of locales where you can enjoy coffee, tea, juice and backgammon (shesh besh). Many of these places also offer shisha, although it may be best to scrutinize carefully the waterpipe you're given at one of these cafés, and to make sure that you are provided with a new, disposable mouthpiece.

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    Snacking

    by mikey_e Written Aug 13, 2011 1956 reviews
    Inside a snack joint in Alexandria

    Egyptian food may not enjoy the same sort of fame or renown as the cuisines of other Arab countries, but Egyptian do one thing really well: snacks. Anyone who visits Alexandria should partake of the plethora of snack foods available throughout the city, including shawarma, falafel sandwiches, and breakfast foods that are generally deep-fried to deliciousness. These can all be found in areas where people go to work or study, especially in the downtown core.

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    Female dress

    by sayedaburas Updated Mar 7, 2009 108 reviews

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    For a long time before, ladies used to wear "melaya laf" which in fact was a sheet of black fiber to be twisted around the trunk, with a "yashmak" to cover the face, with a pure gold "qasaba" a cylindrical ring to be fixed on the nose to hold such network veil stable on the face.

    Egyptian Prima Folkloric Dancer Mrs. Farida Fahmy is mastering it in this photo.

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    Coffee shops, Ful Medamis & the Shisha

    by zanzooni Written Aug 4, 2007 95 reviews

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    Me with a new friend eating ful medamis.
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    You can find coffee shops all over Egypt. They are the favorite hangout for the men, and upon occasion, you will see women in them as well. They come in all shapes and sized. Nice upscale one's to basic no frills. They are open air places where one can go, smoke the shisha, eat ful medames with pita, veggies, and hardboiled eggs. Served with lime and hotsauce on the side.

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    Fishing

    by sayedaburas Updated Mar 9, 2007 108 reviews

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    Everywhere at Alexandria you will meet such amateurs with their fishing rods and fresh outcome.

    JOIN THE CLUB ! :))

    ..... hmmm!

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