Egypt plans to derive 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020

FACT No 7

Egypt plans to derive 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020
Women to form 11% of Egypt's next parliament

FACT No 22

Egypt is home to 30% of the Arab world's bloggers
Egypt's economy is expected to grow four percent in 2009, in the midst of the global recession

FACT No 3

Egypt's economy is expected to grow four percent in 2009, in the midst of the global recession
Cairo is home to Africa's only subway

FACT No 5

Cairo is home to Africa's only subway
The World Bank named Egypt 2008's top economic reformer in the Middle East for the third year in a row

FACT No 1

The World Bank named Egypt 2008's top economic reformer in the Middle East for the third year in a row

Online Newsroom: Op-Eds

  • Bright Star highlights benefits of joint exercises

    By Anthony C. Zinni
    Stars & Stripes
    October 23, 2009

  • Islam, Israel and the United States

    By Sheikh Ali Gomaa
    Grand Mufti of Egypt
    Wall Street Journal
    October 8, 2009

  • Egypt's Essential Partnership

    By Abdelmonem Said
    Chairman of the Al-Ahram Establishment in Cairo
    The Washington Post
    August 18, 2009

  • How to Achieve Israeli-Palestinian Peace

    By HOSNI MUBARAK
    Egyptian President
    Wall Street Journal
    June 19, 2009

  • Choice of speech site affirms Egypt's importance in world

    By SAMEH SHOKRY
    Egypt's Ambassador to the United States
    Kansas City Star
    May 17, 2009

  • Iran's New Target: Egypt; By ABDEL MONEM SAID ALY

    By ABDEL MONEM SAID ALY
    Wall Street Journal
    April 28, 2009