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2017 in Egypt
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See also:
Other events of 2017
List of years in Egypt
Events in the year
2017 in
Egypt
.
Incumbents
President
:
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister
:
Sherif Ismail
Events
9 April
–
The
Palm Sunday church bombings
, twin suicide bombings that took place at St. George’s Church in
Tanta
, and
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral
in
Alexandria
, killed at least 45 people and injured more than 100.
[
1
]
26 April - Live bullets were fired on protestors during the
2016–17 Egyptian protests
who were protesting the selling of
Tiran
and
Sanafir
to Saudi Arabia.
[
2
]
26 May
–
Egyptian military launch airstrikes against Libyan targets due to terrorist attack which killed 26 Coptic Christians.
11 August
–
Alexandria train collision
.
Sport
1-9 July – the
2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
was held in
Cairo
18-25 August – the
2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship
,
volleyball
event hosted by Egypt
Deaths
Ibrahim Abouleish
6 January –
Awad Moukhtar Halloudah
, swimmer (born 1931)
12 January –
Karima Mokhtar
, actress (born 1934)
[
3
]
1 April –
Talaat al-Shayeb
, author (born 1942)
4 April –
Samir Farid
, writer and film critic (born 1943)
15 June –
Ibrahim Abouleish
, pharmacologist (born 1937)
7 July –
Ahmed Mansi
, SEAL military commander (born 1978)
See also
List of Egyptian films of 2017
References
↑
Joe Sterling; Sarah Sirgany & Ian Lee (10 April 2017).
"Egypt Cabinet OKs state of emergency after Palm Sunday church bombings"
.
CNN
. Retrieved
12 April
2016
.
↑
"Egypt police suppress protests against Sisi government"
.
The Guardian
. Reuters. 2016-04-25.
ISSN
0261-3077
. Retrieved
2023-03-27
.
↑
Samar Al-Sayed (14 January 2017).
"Mother of Egyptians' actress dies"
.
The National
. Retrieved
8 February
2017
.
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