North Africa

LANGUAGES

• French
• Arabic
• Portuguese
• Tigrinya
• English

GOVERNMENT

• monarchy
• authoritarian regimes
• flawed democracies
• democracies

RIGHTS

• Freedom of the press
• extensive corruption
• official impunity
• overuse of pretrial detention
• substandard prison conditions/prisoner abuse

RELIGONS

• Muslim
• Islam
• Christian
• They all share the belief of peace, mercy and forgiveness
• They are all monotheistic, so they all believe in one God

URBAN/RURAL

• In North Africa, many people live in rural areas like towns/countryside
• Although there is mostly rural areas, urbanization is increasing
• In poor areas, the houses are small and made of thatch, stick/wood, mud, rammed earth, and stone.
• Cone on poles & mud cylinder, Rectangle w/ roof rounded and sloping at ends, Dome/flat roof on clay

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

• Families are typically large
• Usually people have four children or more

FASHION

• Men wear long robes
• Women wear long dresses
• Some women cover their faces with veils
• Some men wear turbans

MUSIC

• Egyptian classical
• Folk music

EDUCATION

• Not everyone gets educated
• If you are wealthy you can go to school
• If you don't go to school you learn to work in houses

FARMING

• They export sugarcane, wheat, and vegetables
• Desert and poor soil limits farming

LAND

• They buy land in North America
• Usually large amount go to farmers
• They can use this land to grow and export good