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Abdel Aziz, Mohamed Ould

(Encyclopedia) Abdel Aziz, Mohamed Ould, 1956–, Mauritanian military and political leader, president of Mauritania (2009–19). A career army officer, he rose through the ranks to become chief of staff…

State Department Notes on Egypt

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government and Political Conditions National Security Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Egyptian Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORY…

Pan-Arabism

(Encyclopedia) Pan-Arabism, general term for the modern movement for political unification among the Arab nations of the Middle East. Since the Ottoman Turks rose to power in the 14th cent., there…

Nubia, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Nubia, Lake, Sudan: see Nasser, Lake.

Egypt Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign GovernmentsDate of Information: 8/22/2022[source] Pres. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Vice Pres. restored in 2014, but still VACANT Prime Min.…

Philae

(Encyclopedia) PhilaePhilaefīˈlē [key], former island, SE Egypt, NE Africa, in the Nile River N of the Aswan High Dam. Of its temples, all dating from late Egyptian and classical times (600 b.c.–a.d…

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Timeline

Key dates in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from 1948–2000 by Beth Rowen 1948 1956 1967 1973 1983 1994 1948   May 14 The British…

Ghazouani, Mohamed Ould

(Encyclopedia) Ghazouani, Mohamed Ould, 1956–, Mauritanian military and political leader, president of Mauritania (2019–). He joined the military in the late 1970s, rising to become commander of the…