Egypt
The Guardian, UK (Baher Ibrahim)
- Educational Tourism In The Arab World
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) I have almost lost my voice considering the number of meetings I have held with university directors and school principals, either in Egypt or elsewhere in the Arab world, about the need to promote education and tourism. In...
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Egypt State Information Service Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities launched a campaign in cooperation with some Arab, Asian and European states to restore the prominent antiquities that were taken illegally from said countries. Secretary General...
- More Re Farouk Hosni Nomination For Unesco
Egypt State Information Service Culture Minister Farouk Hosney began yesterday 25/11/2007 in Algeria his nomination campaign for the position of the Secretary-General of the UNESCO. This campaign was attended by 22 culture ministers of the Arab countries....
- More On Hosni Nomination To Unesco
State Information Service Culture Minister Farouk Hosni Sunday 12/8/2007 called on Arab countries to concur on a single candidate for the post of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) director-general. "If there is more than...
- Book Reviews: Modern Egyptian History
http://www.meforum.org/article/1679This page on the Middle East Forum website might well be of interest to some visitors. It lists a number of books that look at modern Egyptian history. The page is introduced as follows: "Although its glory days may...
Egypt
Modern Egyptian ancestry
The Guardian, UK (Baher Ibrahim)
Egypt is an Arab country. At least it's assumed to be. This may seem rather obvious, given that its official name is the Arab Republic of Egypt, it is a member of the Arab League and its people speak Arabic. To an outsider, Egypt is in fact an Arab country.
The reality on the ground, though, is slightly different. Many Egyptians prefer to call themselves Egyptians and some shun the Arab label completely.
The most adamant "Egyptian, not Arab" camp are the Christian Copts. In a region that is overwhelmingly Muslim, the terms Arab and Muslim have become almost synonymous, despite the presence of large numbers of Christians in several countries.
Most of Egypt's Copts maintain that they are the purest bloodline to have descended from the ancient Egyptians. As one Coptic friend tells me: "I maintain that I'm not an Arab. I'm an Egyptian and of pharaonic descent. The only thing that ties me to the Arabs is the Arabic language."
Studies on modern Egyptian DNA support the view that neither Egyptian Muslims nor Copts are Arab. All the invasions that Egypt has experienced over millennia, including the Arab invasion, do not seem to account for more than 15% of modern Egyptians' ancestry.
- Educational Tourism In The Arab World
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) I have almost lost my voice considering the number of meetings I have held with university directors and school principals, either in Egypt or elsewhere in the Arab world, about the need to promote education and tourism. In...
- Egypt Leads International Campaign To Restore Its Antiquities In World Museums
Egypt State Information Service Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities launched a campaign in cooperation with some Arab, Asian and European states to restore the prominent antiquities that were taken illegally from said countries. Secretary General...
- More Re Farouk Hosni Nomination For Unesco
Egypt State Information Service Culture Minister Farouk Hosney began yesterday 25/11/2007 in Algeria his nomination campaign for the position of the Secretary-General of the UNESCO. This campaign was attended by 22 culture ministers of the Arab countries....
- More On Hosni Nomination To Unesco
State Information Service Culture Minister Farouk Hosni Sunday 12/8/2007 called on Arab countries to concur on a single candidate for the post of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) director-general. "If there is more than...
- Book Reviews: Modern Egyptian History
http://www.meforum.org/article/1679This page on the Middle East Forum website might well be of interest to some visitors. It lists a number of books that look at modern Egyptian history. The page is introduced as follows: "Although its glory days may...