Why do we dislike the crow ? why do we consider it a bird of bad omen?

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A: I think its in our culture for many reasons.... One is religious... when Kabeel learned how to bury his brothers body from watching a crow doing the same. The other is old folk tales... the crow likes to steel anything that shines and brings it to his nest, may that be a piece of gold or a piece of tin.. we even have that famous idiom (yamma gab el ghorab lommo) which roughly means the crow brings in a lot of rubbish to his nest. But it drove people crazy that it stole from them. Lastly, his black color and the shine in his feathers along with that sharp sound... doesn't add to its charm. You know how people associate the color black to bad feelings... we wear it in funerals and some are even superstitious of black cats (though i really love cats of all shapes sizes and colors) except Hameed's sphinx cat, that was eerie. An Alexandrian friend of mine was walking with me one day when suddenly she said "yasater na32 3alena ghorab" i didn't understand what it meant so she explained that it is bad luck when u hear the voice of the poor bird. Off course she was wrong it turned out to be a beautiful day. Finally, in the Quran it says (ta2erkoum ma3akoum) which means our pessimism, ill feelings or bad luck is what we make it.... there is no such thing and we should always think positively and be optimistic.

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