I really enjoyed hanging around with my cousin. He's about 20 years old and he's studying civil engineering. This year he introduced me to a bunch of his street friends as well as college friends. And I really was looking forward to hanging out with these guys because I had on question in mind that needed answering; how are the youth of Egypt. I was really interested in seeing how they acted, their interests, their style of clothing, and all the other things that defines the youth.
In my stay with my cousin and hanging out around his friends I realized a lot of things about the youth of a different country. Being raised in America and adapting to American culture made me look at the other kids' actions differently. I was always analyzing what they would do. Even those other kids would notice that I do somethings differently from them, but they eventually realized that I was trying my best to be like them; even if it were to be temporary. The thing that differed the most between the kids and myself was the way we dressed. I was more into the athletic type of attire and they were more into the classic, casual western European style. That particular style really appealed to me and I adopted some of it and sort of apply it here in this country.
The other thing that seemed to differ greatly between myself and them was the type of music we listen to. The biggest and most obvious reason why our taste differed so much was because the two types of music were in different languages. And I have to admit, among the things that I took in from these kids, music was not among them. The reason is that Egyptian music just didn't appeal to me. I don't know what it was, whether it was the beats, the topic of the song (which is the same throughout every song;romance), or just the style. I could never really put a grasp on what it was, however, I came to the conclusion that music equals "no".
Topics of discussions differ between the youth of Egypt and the youth of America. The American youth tend to speak of the more materialistic aspect of life and they seem to enjoy that. Egyptian youth conversations are very down to earth and when they would make some sort of reference to the whole materialistic side, they'd criticize it and quickly get off the topic. Almost all the Egyptian youth want to get out of Egypt as soon as they can. I understood why this year. Egypt might not have the most opportunities for them so the kids don't want to take that chance. Some children though love Egypt and say that they'd die if they moved out of it. So it really differs among the people because to you have to take into consideration their aspects of life
In my stay with my cousin and hanging out around his friends I realized a lot of things about the youth of a different country. Being raised in America and adapting to American culture made me look at the other kids' actions differently. I was always analyzing what they would do. Even those other kids would notice that I do somethings differently from them, but they eventually realized that I was trying my best to be like them; even if it were to be temporary. The thing that differed the most between the kids and myself was the way we dressed. I was more into the athletic type of attire and they were more into the classic, casual western European style. That particular style really appealed to me and I adopted some of it and sort of apply it here in this country.
The other thing that seemed to differ greatly between myself and them was the type of music we listen to. The biggest and most obvious reason why our taste differed so much was because the two types of music were in different languages. And I have to admit, among the things that I took in from these kids, music was not among them. The reason is that Egyptian music just didn't appeal to me. I don't know what it was, whether it was the beats, the topic of the song (which is the same throughout every song;romance), or just the style. I could never really put a grasp on what it was, however, I came to the conclusion that music equals "no".
Topics of discussions differ between the youth of Egypt and the youth of America. The American youth tend to speak of the more materialistic aspect of life and they seem to enjoy that. Egyptian youth conversations are very down to earth and when they would make some sort of reference to the whole materialistic side, they'd criticize it and quickly get off the topic. Almost all the Egyptian youth want to get out of Egypt as soon as they can. I understood why this year. Egypt might not have the most opportunities for them so the kids don't want to take that chance. Some children though love Egypt and say that they'd die if they moved out of it. So it really differs among the people because to you have to take into consideration their aspects of life
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