Remember when life was simple back in the 2000s? All we did was play with Yu-Gi-Oh cards, watch El Mo7akek Conan and listen to Nancy Ajram’s “Akhasmak Ah”.
We here at Scoop Empire have decided to take a stroll down memory lane and show you the most 2000s things that have ever happened:
You know you’ve made it when you own a Nokia 6600
Snake wasn’t just a game, it was a lifestyle
The internet cafe business was boomin’
And it was all because Medal of Honor
“Mafeenash men bazooka!!!”
Ruby came to our lives and revolutionized the way we used exercise bikes
Melody Hits taught us how to sbeak Engelesh all za taym
Yamama Center was the Citystars to us before Citystars was even a thing
You memorized all the lyrics to every single MTM song
“Kol leila bas-har, bas-har a3od afakar. Enty bet7ebeny? Wala ana ba7ebek aktar?”
Everyone wore bantacoors and nothing else mattered
Amr Diab‘s goatee and sweater turned him into a fashion icon
This Nokia phone was called “El Dam3a”
And Motorola Razrs were everyone’s #FlipPhoneGoals
Windows XP! Enough said!
The first El Lemby movie was born!
There are probably over 999,999 movies about him now.
You got your adrenaline fix from going to the dark side of Yahoo group chats
You were only cool if you had BBM
Menatel phone booths is how we called our secret lovers
When we all lied about our age and said it was 16 so we could create a Facebook account
Shopping via Tamima Channel was something we all fell for
“Mot3et el tasawok 3abr el televizion.”
Tamer Hosny and Sherine were actually still friends and everyone’s favorite dream couple
Everyone who had an emo phase was automatically called a devil worshiper
Oh, and they lived in Baron Palace.
That 07775000 song almost became our national anthem
Actually no, Starmaker’s Shahinaz “Oulli Oulli” was going to be our national anthem
You memorize and know more about Spacetoon’s planets than the actual Milky Way’s planets
Kawkab el moghamarat was fave!
Jad Choueri and Maria dominated the music scene with their provocative music videos
Haifa Wehbe became an Egyptian national treasure when she sang a duet with Shaggy
When Zamalek got destroyed by Ahly (6-1)
When the whole country ran out of credit so we can vote for Mohamed Atteya on Star Academy
This is how you downloaded songs
When we were introduced to Maii Ezz El-Din and Mena Shalaby for the first time in “Ayn Kalby”
These four men were plastered all over your bedroom walls
But, most importantly, we communicated via “missed calls”
The other person can never ever answer so you don’t ever use your credit (we were so cheap) or run out of it!!! “ENTA RADET 3ALAYA LEH?”
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