Fellahin in Northern Egypt

The fellahin are the farmers that inhabit the delta or the northern part of Egypt. Farmers and grass and land and wealth and old style living and just away from the urban centers of Cairo. It is quite different from the centers along the Nile. The northern Egyptian cities are all known, however the villages that surround these cities are not known. Nonetheless all of the families that live in these villages know each other and that is only because there are like five or six families in a village. However there are a lot of people in one family.

There is electricity and water and necessary utilities in these northern cities, however the general background of this fellahin area and something like Cairo is that the cultures there are somewhat different. I won't go into too much details because I don't know much about the northern part of Egypt (the delta) or the cultures and practices there, however from what is shown on television and from what I hear, it is quite different from Cairo.

The fellahin also have a different form of music. I think it is nice. It differs from the modern street Middle Eastern style music of like Nancy Ajram or all of those other musicians. I don't know if they like them or not (referring to the fellahin and these modern artists) however I can tell you that their taste differs from a normal urban Middle Eastern.

I have visited the fellahin or northern Egypt a long time ago. I'll tell you that I didn't like it because I was little in age and the lack of amenities was uncomfortable for me. It was hot, and I remember I just didn't like it. Nonetheless, and as far as I know, the fellahin are very respectable because they just obtained their own culture. Some people mix them up with southern Egyptians and what not, however that's not important. The fellahin are in the north.