NAVMC 2722 governs a pocket guide to Egypt covering its people, history, law, travel, and culture.
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It presents Egypt’s geography, population, armed forces, religions, history, people, terrorism, transportation, law, language, sites, desert, food, and time and date. It describes the five pillars of Islam, including prayer, washing before prayer, fasting during Ramadan, giving money to poorer people, and pilgrimage to Mecca.
The act of praying five times a day, facing Mecca, wherever a Muslim happens to be when the call to prayer is heard or it is time.
Before each prayer session, the hands, face and feet must be washed.
Fasting between the hours of first light and sunset during the holy month of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar.
Completion of a pilgrimage—hajj—to the holy city of Mecca by every Muslim who is financially and physically able to do so.
Egypt’s armed forces are the largest in the region, totaling roughly 450,000 personnel divided into four services.