I traveled to egypt on business last year and saw two interesting differences in business first it's important to have informal conversation at the beginning of a business meeting this is because personal relationships are very important in egyptian business meetings american business people start with business right away.second during a meeting in egypt it is common for other to come in the room and interrupt the meeting in the united states important meeting rarely have interruptions and it's rude to interupt a meeting in egypt these interruptions aren't rude-they're typical