Power Point On Egypt

Today in class we went over that we will be having a quiz on Monday. We are going over another powerpoint that Mr. Schick made. We also listen to their national Athem. My notes are listed below.
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• Egypt's Economy:

- tourism (who wouldn't want to see the pyramids) it's a big part of their economy.
- oil, natural gas, manufacturing
- agriculture- making the most of thheir limited arable land (Land you can farm on) (3%)
     -> Cotton, corn, rice, wheat, fava beans.
- the old pattern of dealinf with the Nile [akhet (inundation..(flooding), peret (land emerges from the flood), and shomu (water is short)] has been changes since the 1970 building of the Aswan High Dam
- The dam controls the flooding of the Nile, and increases the amount of reclaimed land 

• Egypt's Demographics: 

- 79 million people - biggest population of Middle Eastern nations, 

third biggest African country (#1: Nigeria, #2 Ethiopia)

- Cairo: 6.7 million (metro:19.4 mil)

- NYC:  8.3 million (metro:19.0 mil)  

- Official language: Arabic  (English, French, and German are also taught to some)
- Religion: around 90% Muslim, most of the rest are Christian (Coptic [like Greek Orthodox]), but there are major conflicts (Egypt is 12th in religious violence, 5th worst for religious freedom)

- 1 out of 10 are Coptic 

- 9 out of 10 are Muslim 

- Their cities are so crammed in. 

- People live mostly around the Nile

- They are the 12th ranked country for religious violence. The Muslims would mostly beat up on the Christians. 

• Egypt - politics, government, revolution

- 1922 - end of protectorate with the United Kingdom

- 1953 - Egypt declared a Republic

- 1954-1970 - ruled by Gamal Nasser

• nationalizes the Suez Canal
• forms allegiance with Soviet Union

- 1970-1981 - ruled by Anwar Sadat

• switches allegiance to the United States
• attacked Israel over Sinai Peninsula, but later made peace
• Sadat assassinated in 1981

- 1981-2011 - ruled by Hosni Mubarak

• kept alliance w/ US (helped in the Iraq war)
• accused of corruption, political persecution, human rights violations
• driven from office following mass demonstrations last month

• What's Next For Egypt?: 

- Egypt currently ruled by military junta, but 

democratic elections scheduled for September 2011 

- Some want Mubarak arrested and tried for embezzling from the government 

Our friend Sarah & other Egyptians say he may have stolen $50 - 70 BILLION (other sources say more like $5 billion - still a huge amount)

- Revolution is in the air (to varying degrees) throughout 

the Middle East and northern Africa:

•  Tunisia, Yemen, Algeria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria...
•   ... and Libya

- Libya has been ruled by Muammar Gaddafi since 1969

• he is violently opposing Libya's uprising
• Libya may descend into full civil war
• the east is controlled by rebels, but he still holds the capital (Tripoli) - so far
• He's been around for about 42 years 

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