Egypt is Middle East or North Africa for you ?

[Anonymous211]

So Egypt is Middle East or North Africa for you ?

[lionheart]

middle east!

[Kamal900]

Both, though most Egyptians tend to identify themselves to the middle east than to Africa.

[Smeagol]

Both technically, but Egypt has a separate identity from the rest of Africa and has been always more connected with the Near Eastern Civilizations since the dawn of history.

[Kamal900]

Both technically, but Egypt has a separate identity from the rest of Africa and has been always more connected with the Near Eastern Civilizations since the dawn of history.

Yes, especially to the Levant and Mesopotamia(Sumerians and etc).

[Gaston]

Those are arbitrary terms. Just by geography, Egypt is on the African tectonic plate.


Modern Egyptian culture is different from both Near Easterns cultures and Maghreb culture, so Egypt to me is just what it is: Egypt.

[spanish catalan]

North Africa

[wvwvw]

North Africa. I have never understood why Egypt is associated with the Middle East, and Morrocco, Tunisia etc are not.

[Merida]

I think of them as being primarily Eastern Mediterranean, together with Assyrians and Babylonians. They have a very distinct culture, though.

[sql]

Both. Although when most people think North Africa, they think al-Maghrib.