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It "remains the most visible" of Egypt's security agencies and according to one estimate has about "100,000 employees and at least as many informants". [2] The old Security Service has been described as "detested" [2] and "widely hated", [1] and following 2011 Egyptian revolution its headquarters was stormed by protesters who made off with ...
The General Intelligence Service (Arabic: جهاز المخابرات العامة Gihaz El Mukhabarat El ‘Amma; GIS), often referred to as the Mukhabarat (Arabic: المخابرات El Mukhabarat) is an Egyptian intelligence agency responsible for providing national security intelligence, both domestically and internationally. [4]
Location of Egypt. Egypt is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.Egypt's economy depends mainly on agriculture, media, petroleum imports, natural gas, and tourism; there are also more than three million Egyptians working abroad, mainly in Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf and Europe.
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Struggling to manage hunger crises sweeping the developing world even before U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House, the international famine monitoring and relief system has ...
The police in Egypt lost some prestige during the 2011 Revolution. According to one source (csmonitor.org), the Egyptian police, "once feared by civilians, are now seen as leftover elements of Mubarak's regime and treated with little respect.
The number of Arabic newspapers in Egypt was about 200 in 1938. [1] There were also 65 newspapers published in languages other than Arabic, [ 1 ] such as Turkish , French and English . [ 2 ] By 1951 Arabic language newspapers numbered to about 400, while 150 were published in other languages. [ 1 ]
The Cabinet of Egypt (Arabic: مجلس وزراء مصر) is the chief executive body of the Arab Republic of Egypt. It consists of the prime minister and the cabinet ministers. The government has a leading role in shaping the agenda of the houses of Parliament. It may propose laws to Parliament, as well as amendments during parliamentary meetings.