Dilemmas of life in Egypt's tipping economy | Khaled Diab | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Dilemmas of life in Egypt's tipping economy | Khaled Diab | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "When I pay baksheesh, I do so partly because it is a social norm but mostly out of a sense of guilt at the wide economic gulf generally separating me from the person I am tipping. And in a society where the LE 35 minimum wage (less than £4) is irrelevant, where labour protection is a joke and where social safety nets are tattered and threadbare, baksheesh helps somewhat to redistribute wealth and, at its best, is an informal expression of social solidarity and cohesion.

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