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Official country name:
Arab Republic of Egypt.

Location:
The Arab Republic of Egypt is located in North Africa, bordering on the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya to the west, the Gaza Strip to the east, and Sudan to the south. Egypt's latitude and longitude is 30° 06' N and 31° 25' E. Egypt covers 995,450 square kilometers of land and 6,000 square kilometers of water, making it the 30th largest nation in the world with a total area of 1,001,450 square kilometers.



Year that country joined the UN:
Egypt and Syria were original Members of the United Nations from 24 October 1945. Following a referendum on 21 February 1958, the United Arab Republic was established by a union of Egypt and Syria and continued as a single Member. On 13 October 1961, Syria, having resumed its status as an independent State, resumed its separate membership in the United Nations. On 2 September 1971, the United Arab Republic changed its name to the Arab Republic of Egypt.

People:
**1.What are the people of the country called?** Egyptian(s) **2.What is the official language?What other languages do people speak?** The official language of Egypt is Standard Arabic. It is taught in schools and thus spoken by nearly everyone, with the exception of a small minority, mainly uneducated individuals or bedouins. Standard Arabic is the Arabic used in official forms. However, the native language in most of the country is Egyptian Arabic, one of the numerous local dialects of Arabic. The number of individual languages listed for Egypt is 12. This are: Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken; Arabic, Sa’idi Spoken; Arabic, Standard; Arabic, Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken; Bedawiyet; Coptic; Domari; Egyptian Sign Language; Mattokki; Nobiin & Siwi. **3.What is the most-practiced religion?** The majority religion is Islam, of which the Sunnis are the largest sect. The 1971 constitution declares Islam to be the state religion. According to official estimates, 90% of the population are Muslim and 8% to 10% are Christian, with the Coptic Orthodox Church being the largest Christian denomination.

Flag:
Dating back to 1958, the current flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the country’s symbol of independence. The flag consists of three superposed rectangles, black white and red, each having a specific significance, at its centre a golden eagle, the country’s emblem and a symbol of power. Red has been chosen to symbolize glory, white is for purity, and the black stripe evokes eras of underdevelopment and colonialism that were overcome. The egyptian emblem is a gold Eagle of Saladin facing the hoist side with a shield superimposed on its chest above a scroll with the name of the country in Arabic.

Government:
**1. Is it a democratic or a non-democratic state? ** The politics of Egypt is based on republicanism, with a semi-presidential system of government. On 26 and 27 May 2014, presidential elections took place. Former head of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi got 96.91% of the votes. Egypt is a republic (a representative democracy in which the people's elected deputies the representatives, not the people themselves, vote on legislation.)
 * 2. What is the name of the leader of the country? **
 * 3.What type of government is the country ruled by ? **


 * 4. Is there a separation of powers? Which institution/person is in charge of each of the powers? **  The Egyptian legal system is built on the combination of Islamic (Shariah) law and Napoleonic Code, which was first introduced during Napoleon Bonaparte’s occupation of Egypt and the education and training of Egyptian jurists in France. The Egyptian legal system, being considered as a civil law system, is based on a well-established system of codified laws. Egypt’s supreme law is its written constitution. There is a separation of powers.   **//The executive power: //**   The President of Egypt is the Head of the State, and he is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and Head of the Executive Authority, under the Egyptian Constitution. Nowadays the president is Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. ** //The legislative power: // ** As the legislative authority, it has the power to enact laws, approve general policy of the State, the general plan for economic and social development and the general monetary plan of the State, supervise the work of the government, approve international conventions, and the power to vote to discredit the President of the Republic or replace the government and its Prime Minister in a vote of no-confidence. The Parliament is in charge of the legislative power.   **//The judicial power:// **The Egyptian Judiciary is comprised of secular and religious courts, administrative, non-administrative courts and a Supreme Constitutional Court, and penal courts, civil and commercial courts, personal status and family courts, national security courts, labour courts, military courts, as well as other specialized courts. The Egyptian judicial system is based on French legal concepts and methods.


 * 5.What are the main political parties of the country (socialist party, communist party, green party, republicans, democrats, etc.)? Describe briefly their ideas. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An opposition list formed for the 1987 elections by the Socialist Labor Party, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Socialist Liberals Party. Officially identified as the SLP list, since the Muslim Brotherhood, as a religious organization, cannot legally participate in elections. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ruling party, created by Anwar Sadat in 1978 out of the existing Arab Socialist Union, now controlled by President Husni Mubarak. Members include many high government officials, provincial governors and public sector officials united by ties of patronage, clientage and friendship. Better financed than any other party and with influences over the media. Strongholds are in agrarian, traditional provinces. In 1984-85, it claimed 1.4 million members. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Center-right. Most influential legal opposition party. Heir to the liberal nationalist independence movement begun in 1919. Banned in 1953 and reorganized in 1978. A wide and financially solid base, with middle and high-level civil servants, contractors, businessmen and medium-sized landowners as members. An estimated 100,000 members in 1985. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This party has the longest tradition as a legal, left party. Formed in 1978-79 when Sadat split the Arab Socialist Union into left, right and center branches. Members are left-leaning intellectuals, Nasserists, Marxists, progressives and “enlightened” Muslims. Strongest support in Cairo and Alexandria, among industrial workers, and in the home areas of its leaders. Claimed 170,000 members in 1985. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An Islamic revivalist movement, founded in 1928 and outlawed in 1948 and again in 1954. Sadat legalized their activities. The Brotherhood demands recognition of the Islamic law as the hole base of legislation. Not a political party, the Brotherhood has participated in electoral politics via the New Wafd Party (1984), and the Alliance (1987). More radical Islamist groups like Jihad (Holy War) and Hizb al-Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Liberation Party) consider the Brotherhood to participate in electoral politics. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nationalist-Islamic. Encouraged to form by Sadat in 1978 as a “loyal opposition” to compete with the Wafd and the Tagammu‘. In September 1981 Sadat arrested virtually the entire leadership and outlawed the party. In 1982 it was recognized again after it had supported Mubarak for president. Its base is in the cities and large towns of Upper and Lower Egypt and the industrial areas of Daqhaliyya and Sharqiyya. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Right-wing party founded by the late Mustafa Kamil Murad. Strongly in favor of the free market. Backed Sadat’s peace with Israel. Trying to move closer to the Islamist movement. Claimed 52,000 members in 1983. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A tiny, Islamist-oriented party formed before the 1984 elections, which has little base beyond the family of its leader, Sib <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">ahi.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alliance **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">National Democratic Party **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">New Wafd Party **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">National Progressive Unionist Party **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Muslim Brotherhood **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Socialist Labor Party **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Socialist Liberals Party **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Umma Party **



<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With the arrival of Alexander the Great, Egypt began an extend period of foreign domination: Ptolemeic Greeks (330-32 BCE), Romans (32 BCE-395 CE), Byzantines (395-640), Arabs (642-1251), Mamelukes (1260-1571), Ottoman Turks (1517-1798), French (1789-1801). There followed a brief interlude until the British arrived (1882-1922). Partial independence was achieved in 1922, but the British still maintained significant control over the country. Full independence was achieved in 1936. In 1952 Lieutenant-Colonel Nasser took power. A year later General Neguib was proclaimed president of the Republic of Egypt, only to be deposed by Nasser in 1954.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">6.Was your country ever a colony? If so, when did it gain its independence? **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">Population:
<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and the third-most populous on the African continent. About 95% of the country's 85 million people live along the banks of the Nile throughout the Nile Delta, which fans out north of Cairo; and along the Suez Canal. These regions are among the world's most densely populated, containing an average of over 3,820 persons per square mile. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The population density in Egypt is 83 people per Km2.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">1. How many inhabitants does the country have? **
 * 2. Population density.**


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">3. Birth Rate. Reasons. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">23.35 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) This numbers are related with the <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">female education and labor participation.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">4.77 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">4. Death Rate. Reasons **


 * Top 10 causes of death in Egypt:**
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Ischaemic heart disease 21%
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Stroke 14%
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Cancer 9%
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Cirrhosis 9%
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Lower Respiratory Infections 4%
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 4%
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Chronic Kidney Disease 3%
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Road Injuries 2%
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hepatitis 2%
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Diabetes 1%

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">5. Natural Growth. Reasons. ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">Egypt has increased a 20-30% mainly because is the second oil producer in Africa. Oil has brought a lot of wealthness in some parts os Egypt, increasing the well life conditions.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> Migration has played an important role in Egyptian society since the early 1970s. Migration from Egypt can be characterized as largely made up of the temporary migration of male household members for work in other Arab countries. Can be both positive or negative, depending on whether the migrant is away temporarily or permanently and whether or not they remit money back home.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">6. How do migrations affect your country? **

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">Migrations: **
**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">1. Number of immigrants. Where do they come from? Why? ** In 1996, according to census data, 115,589 foreign nationals resided in Egypt representing 0.2% of the total population. They came mainly from Arab (52.7%), European (25.1%) and Asian (7.4%) countries. As to the employed foreign population, a majority are Arab nationals; however, their proportion decreased a 12% from 1996 to 2006 leading to an increased weight of other foreign workers.

According to the Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), in 2006 there were 2.0 million Egyptian migrants, of whom 61.2% were family members of migrant workers. This estimate, however, does not account for permanent migrants. In 2000, Egyptian permanent and temporary emigrants were 2.7 million, 3.9% of the Egyptian population. The majority resided in Arab countries (69.9%), especially in Saudi Arabia (33.7%), Libya (12.2%) and Jordan (8.3%). High proportions were also to be found in North America (15.6%) and Europe (11.9%).
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">2. Number of emigrants. Where do they go? Why? **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In domestic legislation, the key instrument related to the emigration of Egyptians is the //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Emigration and Sponsoring Egyptians Abroad Law no. 111 of 1983 //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, which covers both permanent and temporary emigration, the rules and procedures to be followed before emigration, rights of migrants, and priviledges given to migrants and returnees. While there are no other formal domestic policy documents dealing with labor emigration, it has been argued that another policy exists that can change from the informal statements of officials. It has a number of general aims: to ease the pressure on the domestic labor market by encouraging legal emigration, to increase the economic rewards of remittances, to safeguard the well-living of Egyptian migrants abroad, and to meet the demand for immigrant labor in destination countries, while at the same time to combat irregular migration.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">3. Legislation of the country connected to migrations. **

A Higher Committee for Migration (HCM) was set up in accordance with Presidential Decree 2000/1997 to enhance cooperation between different ministries on migration issues. The establishment of the HCM was stipulated specified in Law 111/1983, however it was only launched in 1997. The HCM is supported by the Minister of Manpower and Emigration and includes representatives from a large number of ministries that deal with migration issues.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">4. Institutions in charge of migrants. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The crisis hit many countries, including Egypt, in a period when they had just started to join international efforts to strengthen the migration and development nexus. The economic crisis is expected to weaken such initiatives. Despite the fact that we still lack sufficient data to assess the full impact of the economic crisis, it is expected that this phase will have a serious consequences for remittances, unemployment, internal migration, migration and development initiatives as well as migrants’ rights. However, the crisis also draws attention to possible positive outcomes: migrants may return to Egypt with their cumulated savings, knowledge, and experience. These features represent the gains from migration which,when recognized and put to good use, may strengthen economic development in Egypt. Therefore government policies supporting the inclusion of return migrants in development strategies are vital.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">5. Problems connected to migrations. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,serif; text-align: justify;">Geography:
**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">1.Where is the country?. ** The Arab Republic of Egypt is located in North Africa. Egypt's latitude and longitude is 30° 06' N and 31° 25' E. **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">2.What other nations border the country? ** Bordering on the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya to the west, the Gaza Strip to the east, and Sudan to the south.

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">3.What kind of landscape does the country have? Positive and negative things of it. ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Apart from the Nile Valley, the majority of Egypt's landscape is desert, with a few oases scattered about. Winds create prolific sand dunes that peak at more than 100 feet (30 m) high. Egypt includes parts of the Sahara desert and of the Libyan Desert. The mainly part of the territory is desert, this means that is has no agricultural neither active economical functions. Otherwise, deserts are a big attraction for tourists, this means that big cuantities of money are given by tourism.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Egypt has an unusually hot, sunny and dry climate. Average high temperatures are high in the north but very to extremely high in the rest of the country during summer. The cooler Mediterranean winds consistently blow over the northern sea coast, which helps to get more moderated temperatures, especially at the height of the summertime. The Khamaseen is a hot, dry wind that originates from the vast deserts in the south and blows in the spring or in the early summer. It brings sand and dust particles, and usually brings daytime temperatures over 40 °C and sometimes over 50 °C more in the interior, while the relative humidity can drop to 5% or even less. The absolute highest temperatures in Egypt occur when the Khamaseen blows. The weather is always sunny and clear in Egypt, especially in cities such as Aswan, Luxor, Sohag and Asyut. In fact, this is one of the least cloudy and the least rainy regions on Earth. This highly temperatures only have cons referring to economical and tourism matters.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">4.What kind of climate does it have? Pros and cons of the climate. **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">Economy:
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The service sector is by the far the largest and fastest-growing economic sector and accounts for almost 51 percent of the total population works in this sector.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1.What is the most common sector of employment in the country? **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Unemployment Rate in Egypt increased to 12.80 percent in the third quarter of 2015 from 12.70 percent in the second quarter of 2015. Unemployment Rate in Egypt averaged 10.74 percent from 1993 until 2015, reaching an all time high of 13.40 percent in the third quarter of 2013 and a record low of 8.10 percent in the second quarter of 1999.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">2.What is the unemployment rate of your country (by percentage)? **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The service sector is the largest .economic sector and accounts for almost 51 percent. Industry is the second-largest economic sector in Egypt, and accounted for 32 percent. Primary sector accounts for only 3 percent.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">3.What is the percentage of contribution of its sectors? **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Egypt imports a wide variety of goods, especially capital goods such as machinery and equipment, necessary for its economic and infrastructure development. Food has traditionally accounted for 20 percent of Egypt's imports, but chemicals, wood products, and fuels are also imported. Before 1973, one-third of Egypt's imports came from the former Eastern European bloc as part of Egypt's alliance with the Soviet Union. After the signing of the Camp David accords, Egypt's new pro-Western orientation was coupled with a shift in trading partners. Today, the European Union, especially Germany, Italy, and France, supplies more than 40 percent of Egypt's imports, while the United States accounts for 15-20 percent of total imports. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Between 1960 and 1980, agricultural products made up the bulk of exports, accounting for 71 percent of the total. That percentage dropped significantly in the 1990s, reaching 20 percent of total exports in 1995. On the other hand, the export of fuel, minerals, and metal rose sharply over that same period, from 8 percent in 1960 to 41 percent in 1995. The export of manufactured goods has also risen since the 1990s, from US$2.9 million in 1993 to US$3.4 million in 1998. This increase has been mainly the result of the growth in clothing and textile production, which accounted for 14 percent of total exports in 1998.Egypt nowadays is mainly an oil productor country, and it is its source of wealth.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4. Energy: production/consumption; exports/imports **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">Domestic Policy:
**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">1. Which are the current issues that affect your country in domestic policy? ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">media type="youtube" key="VZmdhwd3axw" width="560" height="315"
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">A high unemployment rate.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">The crime rate has almost tripled since 2010.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Fear of sexual violence against women.

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif; font-size: 9pt;">2. Which are the main policies about healthcare? ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The Egyptian health care system faces multiple challenges in improving and ensuring the health and wellbeing of the Egyptian people. The system faces not only the burden of combating illnesses associated with poverty and lack of education, but it must also respond to emerging diseases and illnesses associated with modern, urban lifestyle. Emerging access to global communications and commerce is raising the expectations of the population for more and better care and for advanced health care technology. A high birth rate combined with a longer life expectancy is increasing the population pressure on the Egyptian health system. By the year 2020 it is estimated that the population of Egypt will have grown to about 92 million people.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Internal conflicts
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Fuel price rise dramatically
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Rising cost of food.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Muslim Brotherhood stands tall.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Morsy calls his overthrow a "military coup."

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif; font-size: 9pt;">3. Which are the main policies about education? ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The public education system in Egypt consists of three levels: the basic education stage for 4–14 years old: kindergarten for two years followed by primary school for six years and preparatory school for three years. Then, the secondary school stage is for three years, for ages 15 to 17, followed by the tertiary level. Education is made compulsory for 9 academic years between the ages of 6 and 14. Moreover, all levels of education are free within any government run schools.

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif; font-size: 9pt;">4. Taxes and other revenues: **

//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">__Tax Rate__ // Income exceeding EGP 10 million: 25% ||
 * Legal Entity Income Tax || Income below EGP 10 million: 20%
 * Tax on the Canal de Suez operator Profits || 40% ||
 * For oil and gas companies || 40.55% ||

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">$48.76 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif; font-size: 9pt;">5. Debt: **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">Foreign Policy:
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The foreign policy pursued by the Morsi regime put Egypt's national security interests in great danger and damage regional stability. Now, the interim government is trying to repair the damage. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Under the Muslim Brotherhood regime, disastrous trends emerged in Egypt's foreign policy. While President Muhammad Morsi did not take any major steps that directly affected relations with the United States or Israel in the immediate term, he was planting the seeds for a drastic shift in the country's foreign policy orientation and operation. The Brotherhood's close cooperation with Hamas, especially on illegal smuggling tunnels into Gaza, would have had negative long-term consequences for both Egyptian national security and relations with Israel. Indeed, indications that Morsi was clearly prioritizing the organizational interests of the Muslim Brotherhood over those of the state, including through redefining national security priorities.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">1. Which are the main current issues that affect your country in foreign policy? **


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">2.Which are the main conflicts that affect your country? **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Continued instability in Egypt has affected the protection environment for refugees and asylum-seekers and is likely to continue in 2015, with increased reliance on UNHCR for assistance programmes and protection interventions, including for legal residency and against arbitrary arrest, deportation and harassment.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Internal conflicts.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Increasing crisis.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Damaged economical structure.


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">4. Military Expenditures/ spending on defense programs: **

Income __level:__ Lower middle income <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">$286.5 billion (current US$)

//__**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">VISIT EGYPT! **__//


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,serif;">Sources used for the investigation: **

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