Category: Africa

Health The majority of the Egyptian population is insured through the state; The problem is that this insurance is linked to training or work and therefore excludes the unemployed or the poor. Because of...

Currency: Egyptian pound Exchange rate: 18.89 per € 1 (August 2020) Time zone: UTC + 1 Country code (phone): +20 (0) Climate (for capital): subtropical / desert Housing and supply According to thesciencetutor, the...

Entry and residence regulations There is a visa requirement for German visitors. The visa can be applied for and issued at the Egyptian embassy in Berlin or at the consulates general in Frankfurt or...

Christians and Muslims in Egypt traditionally lived well together. All Egyptians emphasize that they used to celebrate all religious festivals together and that different denominations did not play any separating role in social relationships....

In addition, prominent Salafists shock secular forces, women and Egyptians whose income depends on tourism, wanting to repeatedly introduce announcements, dress codes and gender segregation, to ban alcohol and swimwear and to establish a...

Under the conditions of repression before the revolution, these internal contradictions and objective conflicts of interest remained hidden, but after the revolution the leadership was faced with demands for more opportunities for female and...

Political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) was founded in 1928 by the then 22-year-old elementary school teacher Hassan Al Banna as a politico-religious, reform-oriented lay movement. It draws its intellectual...

The Awqaf Ministry Waqf, pl. awqaf, means religious foundation. A waqf is usually a building or a piece of land that is donated by a private person for religious or charitable purposes, for example...

According to pharmacylib, 90% of all Egyptians are Muslim, almost all of them Sunni. They follow the Hanafi legal tradition, which is considered to be the most liberal of the four Islamic schools of...

Ramadan – the month of fasting for Muslims Ramadan is the month of fasting for Muslims. Fasting is from sunrise to sunset. In Cairo, the end of the fast is announced daily by a...