3. The Origin of the Name, Egypt
* Egypt has had many names in many different languages.
Today, its official name is Junhuriyah Misr al-Arabiyah,
which in English means the Arab Republic of Egypt.
*The English name Egypt is derived from the ancient Greek
Aígyptos (Αἴγυπτος). Egypt by the Arabic
Language
*The ancient Egyptian name of the country is Kemet which
means "black land", referring to the fertile black soils of the
Nile flood plains.
* Egyptians themselves refer to Egypt as Misr which means
“the Protected Land”.
The Hierglyphic symbol
of Kemet (KMT)
which means “Black
Land.”
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4. The Egyptian Flag
along the history
The Egyptian flag is tricolour consisting of the
three equal horizontal bands:
1-Red color (upwardly): refers to the strength
and the hope for the future also refers to the
blood of the martyrs.
2- White colour (in the middle) : refers to the
purity and serenity of Egyptians.
3-Black colour (downwardly): refers to ages of
backwardness and colonialism and that is gone
forever.
* The Golden Eagle Salah El-Din is centred in
Golden Eagle
the white band. The Main Symbole in
The Egyptian Flag
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5. Flag of Ottoman Egypt (1793-1844) Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt (1922–
1953)
Flag of the Egypt Eyalet (1844-1867) Egyptian Revolution Flag (1953-1958)
Flag of Muhammad Ali (1867-1881) Flag of the United Arab Republic
(1958-1971)
Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt (1881- Flag of the Federation of Arab
1914) and the Sultanate of Egypt Republics (1972–1984)
(1914–1922)
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6. Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt
(1984-present)
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7. What is the name of the
continent where Egypt is
located?
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8. Egypt is in the continent of Africa
Can you find Egypt?
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9. Did you find it?
EGYP
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10. Egypt in Brief
* Egypt is a country situated mainly
within North Africa.
* Capital : Cairo .
* Official Language : Arabic.
* Official Religion : Islam.
* Area : 1,001,450 km2
* Population : 90 million (82 million
inside + 8 million abroad).
*Borders :
Libya at the west.
Sudan at the south.
Palestine at the northern east.
Mediterranean Sea at the north.
Red Sea at the east.
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11. Geography of Egypt
*Egypt lies between latitudes 22 and 32 N,
and longitudes 24 and 36 E.
* The Nile river is extending in the middle
of Egypt from the south to the north to form
the Nile Valley in the south and the Delta in
the north.
* There are there main deserts in Egypt :
1- The Western Desert :
The biggest one and forms 70% of the total
area of Egypt (700,000 km2) between the
Nile and Libya with plain nature.
2- The Eastern Desert:
Situated between the Nile and the Red Sea Topography of Egypt
and covers 220,000 km2 (22% of the total
area of Egypt)with mountainous nature.
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12. Geography of Egypt
3- Sinai Peninsula Desert:
Covers 61,000 km2 (6% of total Egypt area)and contains Mount of Catherine which is
the highest mountain in Egypt (2,642 m above sea-level).
Sinai Peninsula Desert
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19. Geography of Egypt
With the mountains of the Eastern
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20. Egypt Is a transcontinental country
* Egypt is a transcontinental country because a part of its land (Sinai Peninsula) is
located in a continent (Asia) that differ from the remain (Africa) .
African part of Egypt
Asian part of Egypt
The Rest of Africa
The Rest of Asia
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21. The Nile
*The Nile : is the longest river in the world
(6,650 km in the length).
* The length of the Nile at Egypt is about 1000
km.
*It extends along Egypt to split at the north of
Cairo into two branches that feed the
Mediterranean Sea : the Rosetta Branch to
the west and the Damietta Branch to the east,
forming the Nile Delta.
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22. The Nile In Egypt
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23. The Nile In Egypt
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24. The Nile In Egypt
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25. The Nile In Egypt
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26. The Climate of Egypt
Egypt has an arid desert climate. It is hot or
warm during the day, and cool at the night.
The Temperature:
Temperatures average between (26.7 and
32.2 °C) in summer and (13 and 21 °C) in
winter.
The Rain Fall :
Most of Egypt's rain falls in the winter
months at the north regions mostly.
The Snow Fall : Snow falls on Sinai's
The Khamaseen wind
mountains in the wither. direction
The Wind Direction:
The Khamaseen is a seasonal wind that Satellite image of Egypt
blows from the south in spring, bringing
sand and dust.
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27. The Climate of Egypt
The Khamaseen Wind which Snow falls on Sinai's
carries dust at Cairo mountains
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28. The Economy of Egypt
* The Egyptian Pound (EGP) is the
official currency in Egypt .
* 1 EGP = 0.1622 USD (Nov.2012)
* 1 EGP = 4.7797 NTD (Nov.2012)
* The Egyptian Pound is divided into
100 Piastre or Qirsh .
* The Egyptian Exports :
Cotton , crude oil , petroleum products ,
textiles and chemicals.
* The Egyptian Imports:
Wheat and wood products.
A photograph of an Egyptian Pound coin
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30. The Economy of Egypt
Egyptian currency categories
2- Banknotes :
50 Piastres
(Half Pound)
Front: Front: Al-Azhar
25 Piastres Mosque
(Quarter Pound) Back: The upper part of the
Front: Al-Sayida Aisha Mosque statue of Ramsis II
10 Piastres Back: The Egyptian Golden
Front: Sphinx and Giza Pyramids Eagle
5 Piastres Back : Mohammad Ali Mosque
Front : Nefertiti Queen
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31. The Economy of Egypt
Egyptian currency categories
2- Banknotes :
One Egyptian Pound
Front: Sultan Qait Bay Mosque
Back: Abu Simbel Temple
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32. The Economy of Egypt
Egyptian currency categories
2- Banknotes :
5 Egyptian Pounds
Front: Ahmed Ibn Touloun Mosque
Back: Pharaonic wall describing
daily activities of Ancient Egyptians
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33. The Economy of Egypt
Egyptian currency categories
2- Banknotes :
10 Egyptian Pounds
Front: Refa’ie Mosque in Cairo
Back: The statue and mask of
Pharaoh King Tutankhamun
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34. The Economy of Egypt
Egyptian currency categories
2- Banknotes :
20 Egyptian Pounds
Front: Mohammed Ali Mosque
Back: Pharaoh Ahmose 1 with his
war chariot against Hicsos
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35. The Economy of Egypt
Egyptian currency categories
2- Banknotes :
50 Egyptian Pounds
Front: Abu Hariba Mosque
Back: Interior view Edfu temple
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36. The Economy of Egypt
Egyptian currency categories
2- Banknotes :
100 Egyptian Pounds
Front: Sultan Hassan Mosque
Back: Head of the Sphinx statue
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37. The Economy of Egypt
Egyptian currency categories
2- Banknotes :
200 Egyptian Pounds
Front: The Mosque of Qani-Bay Al-
Rammah in Cairo.
Back: The Seated Scribe, Fifth
Dynasty.
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38. Languages of Egypt
*Standard Arabic (Fusha) is the official
language of Egypt.
*The spoken languages are:
Egyptian Arabic (68%), Sa'idi Arabic (29%),
Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic (1.6%),
Sudanese Arabic (0.6%), Domari (0.3%),
Nubian (0.3%), Beja (0.1%), Siwi and others.
*The historical languages include:
Coptic language and Ancient Egyptian
Language (Egyptian Hieroglyphs) which used
by Pharaohs in the writing on the walls of
Pharaonic temples.
*The main taught foreign languages in schools
are English, French, German and sometimes
Italian.
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39. Languages of Egypt
A stone with Coptic Language A wall at Karnak Temple with
inscription from Upper Egypt Egyptian Hieroglyphs Language
inscription
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40. Languages of Egypt
Arabic Language:
*Arabic Language is one of the popular
languages around the world.
*About 442 million speak Arabic as a
mother tongue language.
*Countries where Arabic is the official
language are called Arabian Countries.
*Arabic Language contains 28 letters
and is written from right to left unlike
many Languages.
The Political map of Arabian Countries
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41. Languages of Egypt
Arabic Language:
List of the Flags of
Arabian Countries
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42. Languages of Egypt
Arabic Language:
List of the 28 Arabic Letters
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43. Languages of Egypt
Arabic Language:
Sugar
* A lot of words are extracted from
Arabic to use at another languages like Gazelle
English.
Alcohol
Algebra
Know, Who want Lemon
from me to write Cotton
(his or her) name Coffee
by Arabic on the
board !!!
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44. The Religion of Egypt
* Islam is the official religion of Egypt.
* Religion distribution at Egypt :
- 93% Muslims.
- 5% Christians.
- 2% another religions.
* Egypt has Al-Azhar Institue which is
the largest Islamic institute in the world.
* Mosque is the worship place in Islam.
* Each Muslim has 5 prayer at the day :
Fajr , Duhr , Asr , Maghreb and Isha .
Al-Azhar Institue
in Cairo
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45. The Religion of Egypt
Islam Around the World
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46. The Religion of Egypt
* Islam is the second religion after
Christianity according to the number of
believers.
* More than 1.5 billion Muslims around
the world.
* Holy Quran is the Holy book in Islam.
* Prophet Mohammad is the messenger
of Islam.
* All Muslims during their praying direct
themselves towards Kaaba where is
situated at Al Masjid Al Haram in KSA
(the largest mosque in the world) which
can accommodate 4 million worshipers
at one time.
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47. Tourism in Egypt
*Tourism is one of the most important
sectors in Egypt's economy.
* More than 12.8 million tourists
visited Egypt in 2008, providing
revenues of nearly 11 $ billion.
*
The sector employs about 12 percent
of Egypt's workforce.
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49. Egyptian tourism
1- Cairo
*Pyramids are Symbols of the
pharaoh’s authority , divine stature
and used as royal tombs.
*Pyramid of Khufu involved the
precise cutting and fitting of
2,300,000 limestone blocks with an
average weight of 2.5 tons.
*Estimated construction of the
Khufu pyramid required 84,000
laborers working 80 days per year
for 20 years
The Great Pyramids of Giza
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51. Egyptian tourism
1- Cairo
The Great Pyramids of Giza are the only remained from
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54. Egyptian tourism
1- Cairo
*The Great Sphinx has the body
of lion, the face of man and wings
of eagle.
* It’s the largest monolith statue in
the world.
The Great Sphinx
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1- Cairo
The Sound and Light Show of
The Great Sphinx
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57. Egyptian tourism
1- Cairo
The Sound and Light Show of
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1- Cairo
The Sound and Light Show of
The Great Sphinx
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1- Cairo
The Sound and Light Show of
The Great Sphinx
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60. Egyptian tourism
1- Cairo
*The Egyptian Museum in Cairo contains a greatest collection of Ancient Egyptian
antiquities(about120,000 items)
The Egyptian Museum
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62. Egyptian tourism
1- Cairo
* Muhammad Ali Mosque within
the Citadel, eastern edge of Cairo.
*Construction of the Citadel was
begun by Salah ad-Din in the late
12th century as a fortress to protect
the city from the Crusaders.
Muhammad Ali Mosque
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67. Egyptian tourism
2- Luxor
*Luxor is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt.
*As the site of the ancient Egyptian city,
Luxor has frequently been characterized as "
the world's greatest open air museum ".
* It contains one-third (33%) of the world s
antiquites like ruins of the temple complexes
at Karnak and Luxor temples, the Valley of
the Kings and Valley of the Queens.
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68. Egyptian tourism
2- Luxor
*Luxor Temple is a large Ancient
Egyptian temple complex located on the
east bank of the Nile River Luxor
(ancient Thebes).
* It was founded in 1400 BCE.
*Built by Pharaoh Tuthmosis III .
Luxor Temple
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78. Egyptian tourism
2- Luxor
* The Valley of Kings and Queens constructed as a tombs for Pharaonic kings
and Queen at the west bank of the Nile.
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82. Egyptian cuisine
Fūl Medames
Fūl medames served with sliced hard-boiled eggs Fūl medames breakfast as served by an Egyptian street
vendor with bread & pickled vegetables and fresh rocket
leaves on the side
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83. Egyptian cuisine
Fūl Medames
Fūl medames served with hot oil Fūl medames and Tahina Sandwitch
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85. Egyptian cuisine
Baba Ghanoush
Baba Ghanoush consists of
eggplant, tahini, lemon, garlic.
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86. Egyptian cuisine
Kushari
*Kushari is a uniquely Egyptian dish.
*It’s a mixture of rice, macaroni,
spaghetti, lentils, and chickpeas, all
covered with a spicy tomato sauce and
fried onions.
*You can also add some vinegar sauce
to it if you like.
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88. Egyptian cuisine
Kibda
*Fried liver, with seasonings.
*It is seen as something of an
Alexandrine specialty, where it is
known as Kibda Iskindiraniyya.
Kibda Iskindiraniyya sandwitch
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89. Egyptian cuisine
Mahshi
*A stuffing of rice, seasoned with herbs
and spices, into vegetables like green
peppers, aubergines, courgettes, tomatoes,
or cabbage leaves.
*The stuffed vegetable is then placed in a
pot and topped with tomato sauce and
lemon.
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91. Egyptian cuisine
Hamam Mahshi
*Pigeon stuffed with rice or wheat and
herbs, then roasted or grilled.
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92. Egyptian cuisine
Mulukhiyah
*Green soup prepared in various styles,
wherein the mallow leaves are very finely
chopped, with ingredients such as garlic
and coriander added to give it a
characteristic aromatic taste.
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93. Egyptian cuisine
Macaroni béchamel
*Macaroni bechamel is very popular in
Egypt and is exactly what the name says it
is: macaroni in a bechamel sauce.
* It grounded my macaroni slice and then
by minced meat layer and then the
bechamel sauce which contain egg , milk ,
delicious Egyptian cheese and some
spices.
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