QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Feb 2 2012, 02:45 PM)
I was always under the impression Egypt was part of the Arabic World to be honest. The continent it happens to fall in means nothing.
It is, and they speak the same language, but blimey if there are another countries the Arabs hate more than the Egyptians. And well the feeling is mutual. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) The three most disliked countries/civilizations in the Arabic World are Egypt, Iran and Turkey. In fact, Egyptians aren't that well liked in the rest of Africa (the black part), either.
Truth be told, the rest of Africa don't even consider the Northern countries African - Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco. If they had their way, these countries probably wouldn't be in African Cup of Nations. Of course, this would mean the other countries would have more of a chance at winning the ACN. Team Egypt is just too good.
And this is ground knowledge, intelligence I gathered over the years. From my knowledge it's of no fault of their own, the hate just stems from a lot of different factors, including history, military might, and well Egypt was practically socially/economically well off before oil was discovered in the Middle East. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) And just as well, most of the African continent is still quite poor and backwards.
I'd say the only country Egypt can be directly compared somewhat is Algeria - and that is their direct rival.
QUOTE (Jack Sparrow @ Feb 2 2012, 05:09 PM)
Yeah...but that would be like comparing the deaths in Eastern Europe due to the cold wave and saying that France/Germany have horrible infrastructure.
Exactly. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Good analogy, Captain!