Masr! What the World Cup Taught Me About Being Egyptian

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Ehna E-Masryeen!" ("Left, right, we are Egyptians!") a group of Egyptian fans chant outside Seattle's iconic Pier 58 stadium.

We had traded combat fatigues for football jerseys, battle drums for tablas, and helmets for pharaonic headdresses.

We, fans of the Pharaohs, were an army of the Egyptian National Football Association.

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Ehna E-Masryeen!" ("Left, right, we are Egyptians!") a group of Egyptian fans chant outside Seattle's iconic Pier 58 stadium. We had traded combat fatigues for football jerseys, battle drums for tablas, and helmets for pharaonic headdresses. We, fans of the Pharaohs, were an army of the Egyptian National Football Association.

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They taught me how traffic lines on the road are merely suggestions, how the best communication is done with the hands, and how the secret ingredient in molokhia is the shah'ah (a symbolic gasp).
As an Egyptian-American, my parents taught me everything about being Egyptian.
On the night of June 26 in Seattle, during the matches of the 2026 World Cup, standing shoulder to shoulder in a sea of Egyptians chanting "Masr," ("Egypt") I understood my parents had given me an Egyptian...
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