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In early 1950s, Egypt's Nasser
was in regular communication with Moshe Sharett, Ben-Gurion's foreign minister, and the
second Prime Minister of Israel. Therefore there was a real possibility of an
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Lt. Khalid al-Islambouli, assassin of Sadat
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St. Catherine's is the oldest monastery in
the world, located at Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Built in 527 CE, and protected
by the Prophet Muhammad
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| Cities |
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- Cairo (7,786,640)
- Giza (6,272,571)
- Zagzig (5,340,058)
- Mansura (4,985,187)
- Damanhur (4,737,129)
- Banha (4,237,003)
- Minya (4,179,309)
- Alexandria (4,110,015)
- Tanta (4,010,298)
- Sohag (3,746,377)
- Asyut (3,441,597)
- Shibn el-Kom (3,270,404)
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- Qena (3,001,494)
- Kafr el-Sheikh (2,618,111)
- Faiyum (2,512,792)
- Beni Suef (2,290,527)
- Aswan (1,184,432)
- Damietta (1,092,316)
- Ismailia (942,832)
- Helwan (643,327)
- Port Said (570,768)
- Suez (510,935)
- 6th of October City (500,000)
- Luxor (451,318)
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| History
- Modern |
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- Oil production in Egypt begins (1910)
- Hassan al-Banna
assassinated - 1949
- Nasser coup
against King Farouk (1952)
- "Evacuation Day" monarchy abolished, Egypt declared a republic
(June 18, 1953)
- Muslim Brotherhood illegal in 1954 after assassination attempts against
Nasser
- Nasser seeks US funding for Aswan Dam, rejected by Dulles
- Nasser seeks Soviet funding for Aswan Dam, never provided
- Nasser nationalizes Suez Canal, kicking out British and French, uses
profits to fund construction of Aswan Dam (1956)
- Egypt nationalizes BP oil assets (1964)
- Muslim Brotherhood opposed Egypt's pact with Israel
- Oil Shocks (1973-1974)
- Six Day War
- Execution of Sayyid
Qutb - 1966
- Nasser dies, Sadat assumes Presidency - 1970
- Yom Kippur War -
1973
- "Bread Riot" protested economy in Egypt - 1977
- Camp David
Peace Accords - 1977
- Israel-Egypt
Peace Treaty - 1979
- Arab League expels Egypt following peace treaty with Israel - 1979
- A 1979 law granting women more civil rights further earned Saddat the ire
of Islamists.
- June 1981 tensions between Muslims and Copts in Egypt exploded into a
gruesome round of violence in the overcrowded Cairo slum of al-Zawiyya al-Hamra,
precipitated by intense summer heat coupled with frequent cutoffs in the water supply.
Men, women, and children were slaughtered.
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- September, Sadat cracked down on both sides with mass arrests and brutal
police tactics. The powerful Islamic student associations were banned on September 3;
their leaders were arrested and roughed up. The head of the Coptic Church, Pope Shenuda
III, was banished to a monastery.
- Anwar Saddat
Assassination - October 6, 1981
- Egypt begins to
develop gas sector (1985)
- Egyptian court rules Muslim Brotherhood will remain illegal (February
1992)
- Muslim Brotherhood caught in coup attempt against Mubarak (February 11,
1992)
- Muslim Brotherhood formally announces opposition to Mubarak's unopposed
candidacy for the Presidency in October's elections July 12, 1992
- Faiez Nagib, president of the Coptic government in exile called for the
formation of a Coptic Pharaonic Republic in upper Egypt, August 29, 1992
- Foreign Minister Amre Moussa declared Arab countries should not sign a
chemical weapon ban until Israel gives up its nuclear weapons and signs the
Non-Proliferation Treaty (September 26, 1992)
- Egypt executes Islamists in July 1993
- Mubarak approved plan to move 15,000 Egyptian settlers into disputed
Halaib territory on the Sudanese border. Reportedly the motion included plans for
constructing power stations, hospitals, schools, and living quarters. Reportedly 15,000
Egyptian troops were moved to the border, in anticipation of war with Sudan. August 10,
1993.
- Car of Egyptian General Osman Ahmed Metwalli Shaheen, ambushed by
Islamists, killing three, but not the general (July 17, 1993)
- Two Egyptian Military officers charged in Islamist coup attempt against
Mubarak. The group of nineteen arrested, included two uniformed army officers, one of
which had been on Mubarak's personal security staff. The group was found to have a
detailed drawing of Mubarak's house and those of his neighbors. August 31, 1993
- Assassination attempt against Mubarak in Addis Abba (June 26, 1995)
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| Language |
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- Arabic (official)
- English and French widely understood by educated classes
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| Religion |
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- Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%
- Coptic 9%
- other Christian 1%
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