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The Many Ways to Spot Egyptians at the Airport

Scoop TeamBy Scoop TeamMarch 25, 2016Updated:March 27, 20163 Mins Read
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That moment when you step a foot into any international airport and feel like that one EgyptAir flight has turned the whole place into Sou2 El Gom3a…

 

 

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Babies… babies everywhere…

 

Slightly older babies that can now run around and play and shout. Everywhere…

 

Are non-Egyptian kids really quieter from birth or did Egyptian parents just lose the manual?

 

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“Oups…Wrong gate!”

 

While waiting for your flight, you will always see this one person who regularly goes and asks a few questions to the staff…

 

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“Cairo right? Tab are you coming with us?”

 

Even if they don’t really have anything to say…

With what’s in the plane’s suitcases we could definitely survive in the desert for a lifetime

 

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Never without a few “akias blastik” on top of the rest

 

No one ever told you that one big bag was way handier than 23 small ones?

 

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Bataneyas are also a must for us to travel anywhere

 

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Boxed kitchen tools like mixers, BBQs, toasters, kettles… You name it. We have it

 

Stand in line? Ya3ni eh?

People thinking they’re entitled to the “Fast Track”/business check-in just by having spotted it and regardless of whether it actually is faster or not

 

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Or entitled to everything else, really…

 

What do you mean I can’t get my brand new Sharp mixer in?

 

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It’s their last chance to get presents to the family from abroad, and we know it…

 

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When his gate gets announced, an Egyptian would tell everyone around him in case they’re concerned by the news…

 

One guy standing in the middle of a waiting room: “B2 ya gama3a! Yalla bina!”

 

The last calls include half of the flight’s names

 

Some outfits are screaming: Today is our last chance to represent el balad!

My favorites are still the people who go for the gym outfit because “la2 they can’t”

 

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Men speaking on the phone super loud while walking around…

 

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They usually don’t hang up until the plane is too high to get reception

 

And when the airport staff think they can implement their “boarding by seat number ranges” rule on us

 

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How to explain that the little number you have on the boarding pass that refers to an assigned seat on the plane that should be just for you has been ignored for generations…

 

When you go to the bathroom and you’re like: Wait, how long are YOU planning to stay here?

 

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WE SAID THIS: Don’t miss You Know You’re Egyptian When…

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