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Egypt

Index
Flag………………………………………………………………………………………….3
Meaning of the Egyptian Flag……………………………………………………………3
Geography………………………………………………………………………………….4
History………………………………………………………………………………………5
Independence……………………………………………………………………………...8
Government………………………………………………………………………………..8
Parliament of Egypt……………………………………………………………………….8
Administrative Divisions…………………………………………………………………..9Constitution………………………………………………………………………………...9
Legal System………………………………………………………………………………9
Executive Branch…………………………………………………………………………9
Legislative Branch……………………………………………………………………….10
International Participation……………………………………………………………….10
Economy………………………………………………………………………………….11
Modern Egypt…………………………………………………………………………….13
Internal conflict…………………………………………………………………………..14
Revolutionarytidings……………………………………………………………………14
All for One………………………………………………………………………………...15
Israel Unites The Arabs…………………………………………………………………16
Uncertain Succession……………………………………………………………………17
Internal Conflict…………………………………………………………………………..18
Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………21
Flag

The Egyptian Flag was adopted on 4th October, 1984. It consists of three equal horizontal band of red (top),white, and black. The “Eagle of Saladin” (a shield superimposed on a golden eagle facing the hoist side above a scroll bearing the name of the country in Arabic) is the national emblem of Egypt and it is placed at the middle of the white band of the Egyptian flag.
Meaning of the Egyptian Flag:
The colors of the Egyptian flag are very significant. The red color symbolizes the historic period beforethe Revolution when the power of the deposed King Farouk, King of Egypt, was taken over by army officers. It is a period of struggle against the British occupation. White stands for the Revolution of 1952 which ended the monarchy without bloodshed while black is symbolic of the end of cruelty faced by the people of Egypt at the hands of Egyptian monarchy and British colonialism.

The "Eagle ofSaladin" depicting power, beauty and independence, holds a scroll on which the name of the state appears in Arabic script: "Arab Republic of Egypt". Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf) (1138-1193) was the first Ayubid Sultan. He ruled over Egypt, Hejaz, Syria and Mesopotamia.
 
The eagle carries on its breast a shield with the flag's colors.

Geography:

Location: Northern Africa, bordering theMediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula

Area: total: 1,001,450 sq km
country comparison to the world: 30
land: 995,450 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km

Official language (today): Arabic

Official language (ancient): combination Semitic and Hamitic

Major river: The Nile divides Egypt in half

Deserts: Libyan,Nubian, and Eastern. They were barriers of protection, shielding the people against invasion by surrounding civilizations

Topography: The highest lands are in the south and the land slopes gently toward the Mediterranean Sea. There are some mountains located on the southern Sinai peninsula. Some of these reach over 2600 meters (8530 feet high). The land at the Mediterranean is at sea level.Climate: very dry; there is almost no rainfall on a regular basis. The people depend on the annual summer floods of the Nile River for water. The floods begin in June and end in October. Without the Nile, there would likely be no Egypt.

Environment issues: agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oilpollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; limited natural freshwater resources away from the Nile, which is the only perennial water source; rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources

History:
•July 23, 1952: The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 overturned the...