The bodyguard in Egypt is a profession that young people flock to
The journey begins with a small announcement in one of the major Egyptian newspapers about a request for bodyguard jobs. As soon as the news is published, thousands of young men dream of working as a bodyguard for a famous artist, businessman, or parliamentarian. The amazing irony in this is that girls enter this world. A large number of them work as security officers, but some of them prefer to work as bodyguards, especially for community and business women. The private world of the bodyguard, including its mystery and special magic, was researched by Sabah Al-Khair magazine in its issue issued yesterday in Cairo, and indicated that the phenomenon has increased significantly in companies that have a relationship with foreigners, whether in embassies, oil companies, or those that deal with businessmen. Assign them companions who later turn into (Body Guard). The salaries of the guards often range between 7 and 10 thousand pounds per month, and as soon as the bodyguard turns into a guard, he enters into a template determined by the tenant. The new template includes the type of clothing and the general appearance that differs according to the nature and profession of the tenant. The contractor, for example, does not care that the bodyguard’s clothes are clean, unlike the doctor. Or the businessman. As for the duration and quality of his work, it will be in the shift system, where the bodyguard works for 12 hours in the two-shift system, and the work extends to include guarding children, playing with them, taming dogs and cats, and delivering children to schools or clubs. The thugs represent a large part of the system of guarding and escorting people, and they are associated with companies or the individual tenant with special agreements that include wages, type of work, and its duration, in addition to choices whose motto is (dead heart). As those who request this quality are often candidates for membership in parliament, local councils, or professional unions, and the body guard’s job with these is to prevent direct contact with them from the public, and the prices of this type are the cheapest in the world of guarding and start from 600 pounds to 1000 pounds. The magazine indicates that Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, was the first to use the foreign bodyguard (bodyguard) in the Middle East, where he hired (Steven Seagal), the American movie star who was known to the masses through the movie (Under Siege) in its three parts. In Egypt, the phenomenon of the bodyguard was known. The foreign guards have made their way in recent years, and some of them have raised many problems, most notably the Israeli officials’ guard crews, who in many situations have raised many problems with the Egyptian crews. The last of which was during the visit of the Israeli President Ezra Weizmann to Cairo recently, where his guards refused to abide by the Egyptian security measures, in addition to their many problems in the Israeli embassy area in front of the university bridge and in Maadi, where most Israeli officials reside. The foreign bodyguard is the super category, where he receives between 5 Thousands of pounds and 20 thousand pounds per month, according to his nationality and capabilities. The entry of the soft sex into the world of the bodyguard has become the latest trend now, and the girls who join this work are graduates of faculties of physical education or have advanced courses in violent sports, and despite the fact that their common name is (private secretary), their work has nothing to do with what is customary in the science of secretaries. The most famous person used in Egypt is (Body Jardia), a businesswoman who owns factories for children’s clothing. The list of those who use the bodyguard in Egypt is long and includes a number of artists and businessmen, most notably Sherihan, Amr Diab, Fifi Abdo, Hassan Al-Asmar, Yusra, Lucy, Dina, Hakim, Sami Al-Adl, Muhammad Fouad, Nadia Al-Jundi, Samira Said, Latifa, Diana Haddad, Samira Ahmed, and among the businessmen are Muhammad Abu Al-Enein, Muhammad Naseer, Rami Kalah, Taher Al-Quwairi, Muhammad Mustafa, Samir Zaher, Ahmed Abu Haji. Cairo.
In recent years, Egypt has witnessed a significant increase in the number of people working as bodyguards or “body guards”, and these workers are not only required to be men, but women have also become interested in this profession. So what is this profession and what should we know about it?
