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المكتوب على الجبين لازم تشوفه العين

“What is written on the forehead, the eye must see.”

What fate has decreed will inevitably come to pass, however much one tries to avoid it.

— Traditional Egypt Wisdom, Egypt

Source: Traditional Egyptian proverb, public-domain oral tradition

More Proverbs from Egypt

القرد في عين أمه غزال

“The monkey in his mother's eyes is a gazelle.”

A mother sees her own child as beautiful and flawless no matter what others think.

Source: Traditional Egyptian proverb, public-domain oral tradition

اللي فات مات

“What has passed is dead.”

Let bygones be bygones; do not dwell on the past.

Source: Traditional Egyptian proverb, public-domain oral tradition

إيد واحدة ماتصفقش

“One hand cannot clap.”

Cooperation is needed; nothing meaningful is achieved alone.

Source: Traditional Egyptian proverb, public-domain oral tradition

الجعان يحلم بسوق العيش

“The hungry man dreams of the bread market.”

People are preoccupied with, and dream of, whatever they most lack.

Source: Traditional Egyptian proverb, public-domain oral tradition

اللي على راسه بطحة يحسس عليها

“He who has a bump on his head keeps feeling for it.”

A guilty or insecure person betrays themselves by their own nervous reactions.

Source: Traditional Egyptian proverb, public-domain oral tradition

القرش الأبيض ينفع في اليوم الأسود

“The white piastre is useful on the black day.”

Save money in good times because it will help you in hard times.

Source: Traditional Egyptian proverb, public-domain oral tradition