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WEBUS doubles down on Egypt, commits to massive military aid worth $1.3 billion. The US State Department affirmed on Wednesday that the US will not restrict any military aid to Egypt. Not restricting…. September 10, 2024.
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About Egypt Independent
WEBOct 29, 2009 · Egypt Independent is the sister English-language publication of Al-Masry Al-Youm daily, the country's flagship independent paper. Born in 2009 as a news website, Egypt Independent has been providing Egypt and the world with high-quality, in-depth content about the political, economic, social and cultural landscape of the country. In 2011, Egypt's year of revolutionary change, Egypt Independent ...
DNA analysis proves that Egyptians are not Arabs
WEBHend El-Behary January 17, 2017. After over 10 years of analyzing DNA samples from hundreds of people, the National Geographic Genographic Project (NGGP) surprisingly uncovered the fact that Egyptians are not Arabs as most of them believed. The study presented graphs that show the global genetic makeup of nationals in each country.
Egypt announces regulations for issuance of new passports and …
WEBJul 6, 2021 · Documents required to obtain a passport the first time: – Valid national ID card, or within the three-month grace period. – A digital birth certificate is sufficient for those under 16 years old.
Remembering Abdel Halim Hafez, the voice of revolution
WEBJun 21, 2011 · When the late Abdel Halim Hafez (1929-77) first sang his patriotic songs in the 1950s and 1960s, he didn’t imagine that they would become a voice of the Egyptian revolution half a century later. "I swear on its sky and soil/ I swear on its roads and doors/ I swear on the wheat and factory/ I swear on the minaret and the gun/ On my children ...
Egypt launches new website for Passports and Emigration …
WEBAl-Masry Al-Youm December 2, 2019. The Ministry of Interior has launched a website for the General Administration of Passports, Emigration and Nationality as part of an ongoing modernization campaign that aims to reduce wait time at the department’s offices, according to a statement released on Monday. The website was launched in coordination ...
Fifty years on, the Nile dam that changed the face of Egypt
WEBJan 15, 2021 · FILE – In this April 1964 file photo, Workers are shown during construction of the Aswan High Dam over the river Nile in Egypt. Egyptians are marking 50 years since the inauguration of the Nile dam, a massive feat of construction that has shaped the course of modern-day Egypt. It spared it from seasonal droughts and flooding, and generated ...
Grand Egyptian Museum opens its doors for visits before official ...
WEBFeb 25, 2023 · When will the Grand Egyptian Museum inaugurated? Magdy Shaker, the chief archaeologist at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, said the museum is ready to open, but some external preparations were being finalized before the official opening date announced.. Constructed on approximately 500,000 square meters, the new GEM is located nearby the Giza Pyramids and will house the world’s ...
Al-Masry Al-Youm, Author at Egypt Independent
WEB3 days ago · Al-Masry Al-Youm. The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has increased the daily and monthly spending limits for digital payments made using apps…. The number of injured in a tourist bus rollover accident at the entrance to the Um El Qamar road junction…. A collision between two trains occurred on Saturday in front of the new bridge in Zagazig ...