Learn the title by which a high government official is to be addressed. Most are very proud of the stature to which they have climbed, and expect a certain degree of formality in this respect. This is a particularly hard concept for Americans, who have come to expect a down home attitude by many politicians, but in Egypt, one does not address a minister as Mr. El-Beltagui. Rather, he is his Excellency Dr. Beltagui, or simply, his Excellency.
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