![]() But these battle lines, drunk colonialist versus the temperate native, were not strictly drawn. In response, an anti-colonial temperance movement grew out of the activism of native Muslims and Christians who worked together to fight the evil of drink. They scoffed at the idea of Islam frowning on drinking. They did not intend on letting the religious laws of the land stand in the way of their good time. Its colonization by the British had a role to play. Many surrounding countries have a blanket ban on alcohol and no need for a drinking age, but Egypt is something different. ![]() It is odd that a Muslim-majority country like Egypt would have a drinking age. My aunt commented on how much I liked the beer, saying, “It’s in the blood.”īy the laws of the United States and Egypt, the drinking age is 21. I remember the checkered green tablecloth which lasted at least three decades, and the metal ashtray that fewer and fewer people used - my father was a reformed smoker, pulmonologist, and anti-smoking evangelist - but never degraded. Our house and his were loaded with paraphernalia. Ismail Omar Foda, was the main executive of the beer company, Al-Ahram, that produced Stella beer. But even she could recognize that it was fated. My mom would eventually find out, just as she found out about everything. I didn’t drink at all in high school a combination of religion, worry, and social awkwardness. We sat on a stiff, plush couch in my aunt’s apartment. ![]() The empty green bottle sat with two others on a silver tray in front of me and my dad. “Don’t tell your mother,” my father said to me as I drank the crystal cup filled with foamy beer. ![]()
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