Let us discover and explore one of the

most interesting Arab countries. Find out

its unique culture, traditions and beliefs
by watching this video.
Work with a partner and discuss relevant issues. Be
guided by the following questions:

1. What country is described in the film?

2. What knowledge did you get after watching?
3. Describe what you see, feel, hear and/or touch.
4. What impressed you most about this country?
5. What makes the people in this country different
from Filipinos?
EGYPT
 EGYPT

Official name : Arab Republic of Egypt

Capital : Cairo
Currency : Egyptian Pound
Official language : Arab
Continent : Africa
Egypt is a country that links northeast
Africa with the Middle East and it
dates to the time of the pharaohs.
Millennia-old monuments still sit
along the fertile nile river valley,
including the colossal pyramids at giza
and the giant statue known as the
sphinx.
 EGYPTIAN
LITERATURE
 consists of inscriptions which are
printed or engraved in monuments
or of manuscripts written on
papyrus and buried in the tombs
or beneath the ruins of temples

 is closely related to the religion

of the people
The most important early literature of Egypt is The
Book of the Dead, a funeral ritual, consisting of
166 chapters relating the adventures of man after
death. It also contains a collection of prayer of
magical character.
 Egyptians developed a story in the form of two

short stories believed to have been written 3000

years before Christ. The story, The Two Brothers,
is considered the oldest in the world.