Egyptian character

Psychological analysis of advantages and disadvantages

Author's name: Muhammad Al-Mahdi

The Egyptian character has essential traits, so diverse as to be rich and crowded, and so diverse as to be contradictory and dissonant, some positive and some negative. Therefore, the Egyptian character has become controversial: Is the Egyptian intelligent and brilliant, or just a jokester? Is he cheerful and a jokester, or miserable and gloomy? Is he truly religious, or does he wear the mask of religiosity and adorn himself with its trappings? Is he an artist in love with beauty, or one who accepts randomness and ugliness? Is he a lover of stability, attached to his homeland, or eager to emigrate to any place in search of a livelihood and the fulfillment of his dreams? Hence, the importance of this book in identifying the features of this character, its strengths and weaknesses, its rise and fall, and identifying the factors of its success and failure in the pursuit of advancement and prosperity.