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Wounded: 6,467 people [6] The following chronological summary of major events took place during the 2011 Egyptian revolution right up to Hosni Mubarak 's resignation as the fourth President of Egypt on 11 February 2011. From 1981 to 2011, Hosni Mubarak was in power under emergency law with his son Gamal appearing to be a likely successor for ...
Ancient Egyptian sundial (c. 1500 BC), from the Valley of the Kings, used for measuring work hour. Daytime divided into 12 parts. The ancient Egyptians were one of the first cultures to widely divide days into generally agreed-upon equal parts, using early timekeeping devices such as sundials, shadow clocks, and merkhets ( plumb-lines used by ...
There have been numerous domestic responses to the Egyptian revolution of 2011. Opposition parties, activists and religious bodies have been staunchly demanding Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak 's resignation, with the exception of fearful Christian authorities, who called for staying away from the protests (although Christian individuals have ...
e. Egyptian mythology is the collection of myths from ancient Egypt, which describe the actions of the Egyptian gods as a means of understanding the world around them. The beliefs that these myths express are an important part of ancient Egyptian religion. Myths appear frequently in Egyptian writings and art, particularly in short stories and ...
On September 10, 2012, at least 18 hours before the attack in Benghazi, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri released a video to coincide with the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in 2001, which called for attacks on Americans in Libya in order to avenge the death of Abu Yahya al-Libi in a drone strike in Pakistan in June 2012.
He was believed to have ruled as the first pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. [6] [7] He was the god of the sun, order, kings and the sky. Ra was portrayed as a falcon and shared characteristics with the sky-god Horus. At times, the two deities were merged as Ra-Horakhty, " Ra, who is Horus of the Two Horizons ".
Background. Abd El-Fattah was born on 18 November 1981 in Cairo, Egypt. He was raised in a family of well-known Egyptian activists. His father, Ahmed Seif El-Islam Hamad, a human rights attorney who had been arrested in 1983 by State Security Investigations Service officers and tortured and imprisoned for five years, is one of the founders of the Hisham Mubarak Law Center.
Friday prayer. In Islam, Friday prayer, or Congregational prayer [1] ( Arabic: صَلَاة ٱلْجُمُعَة, romanized : Ṣalāh al-Jumuʿa) is a community prayer service held once a week on Fridays. [2] All Muslim men are expected to participate at a mosque with certain exceptions due to distance and situation. [3]