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Parent topics[edit]
- Africa [r]: Continent stretching over the equator, hosting deserts, tropical jungles and savannah as well as over fifty nations; population about 900,000,000. [e]
- Middle East [r]: A geographical region in Asia that also contains small parts of Europe and Africa. [e]
- Maghreb [r]: The Muslim-majority, Arabic and Berber-speaking countries of North Africa, bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea and often by the Sahara Desert on the south. [e]
Places[edit]
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History[edit]
Ancient history[edit]
- Alexander the Great [r]: King of Macedon who conquered the Persian Empire in the late 4th century BCE. [e]
- Great Pyramid of Giza [r]: Largest and oldest of the pyramids in the Giza Necropolis of Greater Cairo, Egypt; was the tallest building for nearly 4,000 years, and is the largest pyramid ever constructed. [e]
- Félix d'Hérelle [r]: (1873 – 1949) - A French-Canadian bacteriologist, and the discoverer of bacteriophages. [e]
- Imhotep [r]: The Egyptian architect, alive during the years 2650-2600 B.C, responsible for the first pyramid. [e]
Geography[edit]
- Nile River [r]: One of the longest rivers in the world at about 6,695km from its source in the south to the Mediterranean Sea in the north. [e]
- Suez Canal [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sinai Peninsula [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gaza Strip [r]: 26-mile-long Middle Eastern coastal region long the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt and Israel; population about 1.4 million Palestinian people, governed by Hamas since June 2007. [e]
- Israel [r]: Country in the Middle East. [e]
- Libya [r]: North African revolutionary republic led by Muammar Gaddafi, which normalised diplomatic ties with the West in 2003; fourth-largest African nation, population about 6,000,000. [e]
- Sudan [r]: A nation in East Africa/Horn of Africa, with the largest land area of any country in Africa, and near-continuous civil wars since British independence in 1956; effectively a federation of Arab and African parts, with the southern region voting for independence in 2011. [e]
Culture[edit]
- Egyptian Neopaganism [r]: A modern religious revival attempting to reconstruct the beliefs and practices of ancient Egypt. [e]
- Al-Azhar University [r]: Located in Cairo,Egypt, while associated with conservative Sunni, generally considered the world's premier educational institution in Islamic studies [e]
Politics[edit]
- Arab Spring [r]: Protest movements in the Arab world that seek the removal of oppressive governments. [e]
Modern leadership & opposition[edit]
- President of Egypt [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gamal Nasser [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Anwar Sadat [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hosni Mubarak [r]: President of Egypt 1981-2011 [e]
- Arab League [r]: Add brief definition or description
Military and security[edit]
- Arab-Israeli Conflict [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 1967 Arab-Israeli War [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 2009 Gaza conflict [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Al-Jihad [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Extrajudicial detention, Egypt [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Extraordinary rendition, U.S., Bill Clinton Administration [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Extraordinary rendition, U.S., George W. Bush Administration [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj [r]: Add brief definition or description
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- Arabic language [r]: Add brief definition or description
- British Empire [r]: Add brief definition or description
- CIA activities in the Middle East and South Asia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Frank Wisner II [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nicholas Veliotes [r]: Add brief definition or description
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