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“The People of Egypt Are Incredible”: Expats Tell Us Why They Moved to Egypt

December 23, 2021
Photo via The Five Foot Traveler

Having dinner at Abou El Sid, one of Cairo’s most popular local dining spots for expats, offering authentic Egyptian cuisine in Zamalek, I look around. There are expats all around me. It instantly hit me: Why do so many foreigners choose to leave their countries and decide to live in Egypt. Why leave friends, family, and everything that you are used to, and move here? Why specifically Egypt? Fueled by my own curiosity, I spoke to a few foreigners who are currently based in Egypt and asked them why they decided to move here, many of whom echoed that it “felt like home.” Jade Tibbles, Relationship Mentor and Life Coach, moved from the UK to Egypt in 2011 “The only way I can describe why I came here is because I felt I left my heart and soul here after visiting for the first time in 2007 on a family holiday. I then finalised my education and moved here in 2011, at the age of 19. My experience has been absolutely incredible, I have learnt so much about the amazing culture Egypt has, the hospitality and tradition Egypt holds, the…


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