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official name: arab republic of egypt (a.r.e.)

capital: cairo

flag: tricolor of red, white and black horizontal stripes, with a golden eagle on the white stripe.

population: on 2016, the egyptian population was estimated at approximately 91,299,000.

area: around one million square km. of these, only around 55 thousands square km (i.e. 5.5%) are populated.

borders:

– to the north: cyprus (through the mediterranean sea), turkey (through the mediterranean sea) and greece (through the mediterranean sea)
– to the south: sudan

– to the east: gaza strip (palestine), israel, jordan (through the red sea) and saudi arabia (through the red sea)
– to the west: libya

language: arabic is the official language.

government: semi-presidential republic

head of state: president abdel fatakh asisi

head of gov’t: prime minister shirif esmail

currency: egyptian pound (l.e.) = 100 piasters.

time zone: gmt + 2 . egypt formerly observed daylight saving time during the summer months.

power: egypt is the most powerful country in africa and the middle east.

equivalence to usa’s neighbors: egypt is israel’s mexico.
person a: “hey, i was thinking of going to mexico for my vacation.”

person b: “just go to egypt. same sh-t, but you know, near israel.”
#masr #misr #mitzraim #egypt #yegipet #gibit͟s’i #mexico
official name: arab republic of egypt (a.r.e.)

capital: cairo

flag: tricolor of red, white and black horizontal stripes, with a golden eagle on the white stripe.

population: on 1/1/2005, the egyptian population was estimated at approximately 70 million.

area: around one million square km. of these, only around 55 thousands square km (i.e. 5.5%) are populated.
borders:

– to the north: mediterranean sea
– to the south: sudan
– to the east: gaza strip, israel and the red sea
– to the west: libya

language: arabic is the official language. english is widely spoken in business circles also french.

climate: generally dry climate. moderate temperatures and humidity prevail on the mediterranean coast, while in southern egypt, the summer is hot and the winter is generally warm.

currency: egyptian pound (l.e.) = 100 piasters.

exchange rate: us$ 1 = l.e. 5.73 (dec. 2005 preliminary figures).

time zone: gmt + 2 . egypt observes daylight saving time during the summer months.

business hours: government offices & the private sector normally works five days a week , sunday through thursday.
egypt is the most powerful country in africa and the middle-east
#a.r.e. #egypt #misr #masr #africa
appears stylish, cool. pertaining to a certain haircut- black with little bangs. much s-x appeal.
“justine is so egypt.”
a place that is very far away and difficult to get to.
my car broke down out in egypt.
#far away #inconvenient #remote #out of the way #distant
where happy gilmore’s mom moved, because there wasn’t a hockey rink for 1,500 miles.
shortly afterwards, happy’s dad got killed by a stray puck and happy had to live with his grandma.
act of defiance and bravery.
ex. ” wow, he just got up and left. talk about pulling an egypt.”
#bravery #courage #fearless #proud #defiant
(verb) to get “egypt”: to inspire a serious and successful protest against a government or business power that is violating or attempting to violate human or civil rights.
this wisconsin governor is really p-ssing me off with his anti-union legislation. we should get together all the teachers across america via facebook and get egypt on his -ss!
#egypt #revolution #unions #wisconsin #teacher
getting screwed in an online transaction
i got e-gypt when i bought a car off e-bay.
#screwed #jacked #f—ed over #ripped off #burnt