Or you are being told what they know you want to hear. BTW, are these Egyptians Copts/Orthodox or Protestants of some sort? That will also make a difference.
They volunteered their views. When I told them my perceptions, they told me that I was the only one they had met who understood what is really going on. Their families have lived in Egypt for hundreds of years and, "with god's grace, we will continue" to do so. They are not Protestants.