Life would be so boring without our dear neighbors; don’t you think? I mean each and every one of them gives the building a unique twist. Here are some types of neighbors you can find in most buildings around Egypt:
1) El Shala2
Tante Soad, please stop screaming at the helpless security and picking fights with 3am Ahmed el says or even the other harmless neighbors every day! And if you cannot hold it inside, please watch your language. Our kids don’t need to learn a new cursing word every morning.
2) El 7eshareya
She’s the curious relentless reporter who has all the building’s latest news. “Shofty Dalia eli sakna fel dor el talet? Gozha tala2ha w ra7 etgawez”
3) Beta3et el Ghaseel
You know that neighbor who always floods your clothes with water not giving them the chance to dry out? Yes, they’re the worst! Thank God, we have dryers.
4) The Bad Boy
This is the one who’s admired by almost every girl in the building, and usually hated by every parent out there. Lucky him, he usually receives homemade cakes and seneyet batates every other day.
5) The Great Cook
You know the great cook neighbor from their doorstep. The smell of their food usually fills the whole building. Your mom always befriends this neighbor to steal her recipes; you befriend her kids to go eat there.
6) Mr X
Every building has that one mysterious guy whom no one knows anything about, even el security el 7eshary! He’s silent and secretive to a suspicious extent, especially when he walks out of the building every morning at 8 am and returns at 3 am with the same sunglasses and suitcase.
7) The Doctor
They’re the only neighbor to whom you give yourself the permission to shamelessly knock their door at 3 am to seek medical help, even if it’s not within their scope or field of specialization.
“Dr, m3lesh bas ebni we2e3 w raso etfatahet”
“bas ana psychiatrist”
“mesh moshkela, mesh khareeg teb y3ni?”
8) El Satr Wel Ghata
The neighbor you tell your parents you’re at their place, whenever you overshot your curfew, just to save yourself the trouble. We love you neighbor!
