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Egypt Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world. Egypt is located in North Africa and is bisected by the Nile River. It shares a border with Israel,Sudan and Libya. It also borders the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
About Egypt
Population: 104,124,440 (July 2020 est.)
Median age: 24.1 years
Ethnic Groups: 99.7%, other 0.3% (2006 est.)
Religion: Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Christian (mostly Coptic Orthodox, other Christians include Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, Maronite, Orthodox, and Anglican) 10% (2015 est.)
Unemployment: 7.9% (2019 est.)
More than 90% of Egypt consists of desert.
Egypt achieved full independence from Great Britain in 1952.
Timeline
332 BC-600s AD – Ruled by Greeks, Romans and Byzantines.
As Kit Dobelle sees news during the early days of President Joe Bidenâs term, the Pittsfield resident will notice people we do not see, recognize customs we do not know are being followed.
She will look back at 1977, when she and her husband Evan walked into the White House, shortly after Jimmy Carterâs inauguration. They both served as Chief of Protocol.
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Kit Dobelle
Kit was 32 years old when she found herself on the worldâs political stage. She was there when the U.S. was normalizing relations with China and during the Camp David Accords.
âI was grateful to have a front row in history,â she said.
Cozen befriended Biden in 1976, and told
The Algemeiner that the two have bonded over golf outings, spent Jewish holidays together, and talked often of their shared concern for preserving the memory of the Shoah.
“He was steeped in that history and heartbroken that it ever took place,” said Cozen. “He was a huge supporter of the remembrance of the Holocaust, as well as a huge supporter of Israel.”
Biden’s first foreign trip as a senator was to Israel, in 1973, during which he met with Prime Minister Golda Meir before the Yom Kippur War. Since then he has met every person to hold the office, through 36 years in the Senate and eight more in the White House.
More than 90% of Egypt consists of desert.
Egypt achieved full independence from Great Britain in 1952.
Timeline
332 BC-600s AD – Ruled by Greeks, Romans and Byzantines.
600s AD – The Arabic language and Islamic religion become dominant in Egypt.
1517 – Conquered by the Ottoman Turks.
1798-1801 – Briefly controlled by France.
1858 – La Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez (Universal Company of the Maritime Suez Canal) is formed to dig a canal and operate it for 99 years. The company is privately owned by French and Egyptian interests and would become totally Egyptian-owned after 99 years.
April 25, 1859 – Excavation on the Suez Canal begins.
November 17, 1869 – The Suez Canal opens for navigation.