Egyptian culture

1-Ful Medames
The most popular street food snack in Egypt, Ful is a paste of mashed broad (fava) beans flavored with garlic and olive oil. It is labeled out of large copper pots, often into pockets of pitta bread and typically sold as an inexpensive takeaway sandwich.

2-Koshari
One of the famous Egyptian dishes, A mix of rice, brown lentils and macaroni topped with fried onions and a spicy tomato sauce, koshari is normally eaten in dedicated koshari restaurants that serve the dish exclusively.

3-Shawarma
Shawarma one of the tasty Egyptian dishes, it is a large cone of pressed lamb or chicken that is rotated vertically in front of a flame grill. As the meat is cooked it is sliced off and mixed on a griddle with chopped tomato, onion and parsley before being rolled in a large disc of flatbread and wrapped in foil to take away.

Industrial goods
1-[Plastics]
Since the revolution in 2011 a number of sectors, especially tourism, have slowed down, however this has not been the case with the plastics industry, which includes finished products and petrochemicals (see analysis).
Mohamed Taher, the executive director of the Egyptian Plastic Exporters and Manufacturers Association, told OBG, “The plastics industry is growing very fast in Egypt, especially in the last decade, which has witnessed more investment, export activity, manpower and factory construction.
“Plastics and petrochemicals accounted for 20% of exports in 2017, compared with 14% in 2005. This has coincided with a rise in the number of factories from 2490 to 3000 and the number of employees from 280,000 to 600,000. In 2016 we saw almost $980m in export value

Processed Food
The MTI’s export strategy provvides incentives for food-processing exporters to raise the segment’s competitiveness against other emerging markets. According to a 2017 US Foreign Agriculture Service report, Egypt’s food-processing industry averaged a compound annual growth rate of 12% between 2012 and 2016, with the food groups milk, savoury snacks, and yoghurt and sour milk experiencing the greatest growth in this period.

3-Sacred animals
[WOLF or JACKAL]
Wolves or jackals were often seen roaming around the tombs of the dead. So they became associated with death
• Anubis, guardian of the dead, had what scientists now believe is a wolf’s head. His black head symbolises the fertile soil of the Nile. Anubis helped mummify Egyptians when they died and guided their souls in the afterlife. When a person died, Anubis weighed their heart against the Feather of Truth. If the heart weighed the same as the feather, the soul moved towards paradise. If it was heavier, the monster goddess Ammut ate the heart, and the soul would disappear forever.

2-LIONESS or CAT
Cats were seriously important to the Ancient Egyptians. They believed cats could bring good luck to the people who housed them. Wealthy Egyptians dressed these treasured pets in jewels and fed them royal treats.
•Bastet/Bast, goddess of childbirth, fertility and joy, had a lioness’s head; this was later changed to a domestic cat’s head

3-CATTLE
Cattle in Ancient Egypt were among the most important domesticated animals. They provided meat and milk, and served as working animals. A number of gods and goddesses were portrayed as sacred cows or bulls. The cow was connected to female fertility and to the mother of the pharaoh.
• Hathor, Isisand Nutwere three goddesses with cows’ horns or ears