EgyptBy Trevor Kozak8th grader at Tamarac Middle School

The Sphinx and Great Pyramid

Egypt

BackgroundEgypt is the only member of the

Middle East in Africa

Egypt has a population of 8,835,225 people

Egypt is 1,001,450 square kilometers

The Capital of Egypt is Cairo.

Cairo, Egypt

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GovernmentEgypt is a Republic

The president is Mohammed Morsi

He was elected in 2011 after former president Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office because of the revolution

Egypt RevolutionEgyptian Revolution occurred in 2011.

Hosni Mubarak was acting like a dictator. Citizens of Egypt were not happy with the amount of power he was getting.

Mubarak was even having someone rig the voting so he would win.

People formed riots and destroyed federal property to force Mubarak out of office.

Hosni Mubarak(Former President)

Mohammed Morsi(Current President)

Agriculture

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EGYPT?

Nile River PollutionRice Straw BurningAir PollutionPollution Spreading to other

countriesAgricultureUrbanization

Nile River Pollution

Nile River SolutionsBiological filters with chemical

additives, and sand filters would fix water pollution in Egypt.

RICE STRAW BURNING

Farmers rice straw burn as a quick way to get rid of it.

Rice Straw Burning SolutionsRice Straw could be used as

mattress stuffing or animal feed instead

Air Pollution

Smog clouds form because of pollution

A permanent cloud of pollution is over Egypt

IDEA ProjectIDEA is a Canadian-Egyptian

Consortium which has built about 350 brick factories south of Cairo.

They will use natural gas instead of oil to reduce CO2 and pollutants emitted by factories.

GARBAGE POLLUTIONMany cities don’t have proper garbage disposal

Garbage City Garbage City (Zabbaleen) is the only place in

Egypt where garbage is sorted and made into something else.

Zabbaleens collect garbage to bring to garbage city.

QUESTIONS?Comments?

Thank You!

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