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97 Cards in this Set
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Abbaya
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A full-length black robe worn by women over their clothing
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Al Ahram
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The Pyramid
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Al Hamdulilah
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Praise God
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Ala tuul
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Straight ahead/right away
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Alam
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A pen or a pain in the body
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Alf shoke
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A thousand thanks
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Allah
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The first of ninety-nine names of God
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Ana
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I
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Ana Amrikaniyaa wi Masriyya bell elb
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I am an American and an Egyptian in my heart (f)
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Ana Asaad
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I am happier to know you
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Ana Asfa
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I'm sorry
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Ana min hena
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I am from here
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Ana Mus Ray-a
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I am Egyptian (f)
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Awi
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Very
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Ayiza
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Want (f)
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Aywa
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Yes
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Baba
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Dad
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Baksheesh
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A tip/bribe
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Baladi
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Native/local
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Bara
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Outside/outdoors/outside the country
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Bawaab
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Building guard/virtue protector
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Bent
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Girl
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Bikam
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How much?
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Bod Bokra
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After tomorrow
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Corsi
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Chair
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Coptic
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Egyptian Christian
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Eid
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Feast around a religious holiday
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Enti
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You (f)
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Enti kwayyisa
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You good (to a female)
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Enta
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You (m)
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Felucca
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A native sailboat
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Faloose
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Money
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Galabaya
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A full-length native robe worn by both men and women. Still favored by many Egyptians as part of traditional garb that is part of life in Egypt today
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Gamb
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Beside/next to
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Gamoosa
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Water buffalo
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Gazma
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Shoe
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Gharam
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Love you're willing to pay the price for
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Ghee
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Clarified butter/shortening used to fry and bake native dishes
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Habibi
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My sweetheart (m)
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Haram
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Forbidden under Islam
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Harami
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A thief
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Hawa
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Shares love with air and falling
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Hayman
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Love that wanders the earth
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Hena
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Here
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Hena kwayyis
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Here is good
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Hijab
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Any scarf a woman wears to cover her hair
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Iftar
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The sundown fast breaking meal during Ramadan
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Imshii Imshii
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Go away
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Inshallah
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God willing
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Ishq
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Love that entwines two people together
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Kefya
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Enough
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Kelb
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Dog
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Khamasiin
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Strong spring winds that cause dust storms. A part of normal life in Egypt today consistent with living in a desert environment
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Khroof
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Sheep/lamb
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Kusheri
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A delicious native dish made from rice, macaroni and lentils topped with fried onions and tomato sauce
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Kwayyis
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Good/okay (m)
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La-a
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No
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Madame kwayyisa awi
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Madame is very very nice
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Mafish
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There are not/there are no/there is no
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Mashkilla
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Problem
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Massa el kheir
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Good evening
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Men
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From
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Min fadlak/fadlak
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Please.
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Mish
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When used before a word, it negates the meaning
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Mish Kiteer
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Not a lot
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Molukhaya
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An Egyptian vegetable similar to kale. It is finely chopped, cooked with garlic, then served as a soup, often with rice
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Mus
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Egypt
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Muslim
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A member of Islam (it is pronounced mus-lamb)
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Om
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Mother
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Pasha
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Honorary title to show a man's importance
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Piastres
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Small change
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Raebe
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A stranger, or also used as What happened?
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Raeba
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Someone who is strange
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Sabbah el kheir
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Good morning
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Sababah
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Love exudes from your pores
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Salaam
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Hello
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Shaghaf
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Love that nests in the heart
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Shara
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Road/street
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Sharmoota
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The original definition is a dirty rag, but it is frequently used to describe a loose woman
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Shartra
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Clever/smart
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Shay
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Tea
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Sheikh
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Muslim religious authority
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Sheisha
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A native water pipe used to smoke tobacco
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Shimell
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Left
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Shokran
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Thank you
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Souk
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Street market
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Sufi
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The mystical arm of Islam
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Tamaya
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Bean cake
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Tech
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Losing yourself in love
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Tessa
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Nine
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Wadi
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Dry riverbed
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Walah
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Love with sorrow
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Waldeen
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Boys
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Walad Imshi Imshi
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Boy go away
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Ya Kelb
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You dog
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Yemeen
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Right
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Zakat
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Giving a portion of your income to the poor (one of the five pillars of Islam)
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