Egypt-Group+B

**Population**
82,079,636 (July 2011 est.)

**Median age**

 * total:** 24.3 years
 * male:** 24 years
 * female:** 24.6 years (2011 est.)

Race/ Ethnicity
Egyptian 98% Berber, Nubian, Bedouin, and Beja 1% Greek, Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%

Climate
The climate in Egypt is hot and dry. Egypt faces mild winters but is mostly hot. Throughout Egypt there are many deserts. The main source of irigation for crops is the Nile River.

Imports and Exports

 * Exports:** crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals, processed food
 * Imports:** machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood products, fuels

Labor Force
**Industry:** 17% **Services:** 51% **Unemployment:** 9.7%
 * Agriculture:** 32%

Government
The government is a Republic Elections are held every six years


 * Part II-Timeline - Maggie**

Below a video from a CNN news report on the upriseing of Eygpt and what is beileved the reasons for this happening [] __**October 14 1981**__ President Hosni Mubarak takes office. Goverment did not provide all 5 purposes. there was so much poverty and injustice going on in Eypgt for about 30 years unitll the Eygpt began to protest.. Anit-goverment protest form in the streets of cario, protesting about Honi Mubarak and his goverment. -3 dead and 49 wounded between fights with protesters and police. This is the first major protet in Eygpt about the goverment. __**January 28 2011**__ Police begin to use water cannons and tear gas aganist thousands of protesters who returned to the streets of cairo. This is the first instance when Egypt's police began to use force aganist the protester. __**February 1 2011**__ Hosni Mubarak annonces that he will not be seeking another term in September's elections. But also said he was not going to step down form his current term. Protester pack into tahrir sqaure and waves their shoes' in the air (a deep insult in the Arab culture) and vow that they are going to contuine to protest until Mubarak steps down. This event is very ironic in many ways. Such as Hosni Mubarak basically said he was not going to step down from his current term and wasn't going to be ran out of his own country by protesters, but as we all know, in the end he did resign and the protesters, in ways, won. Hosni Mubarak barely clinging on to his presideny, gives a speech to all of Egypt saying he is not going to step down and he staying in office, anger protesters begin to chat " get out! Get out!" rumors begin to form of Mubarak resigning. __**February 11 2011**__ Hosni Mubarak finally resigns and transferres power to the supreme council of the armed forces. Protesters chant "Egypt is free!" The current state of Egypt is still off. The military is in charge and will be untill September elections. (CNN timeline of Egypt upriseing)
 * __January 25 2011__**
 * __Februrary 10 2011__**

As of right now, Egypt doesn't have a leader. The country is being lead by the military. The old leader of Egypt left and this video explains why ([]) It's government does not pass the legitimacy test. It has definitely existed for more then 5 years. But first of all because it doesn't meet the 5 purposes of government. It doesn't keep order, because riots broke out after. Egypt lost internet.As well as it doesn't solve conflict because the laws did not regulate behavior. It didn't provide any services because the people weren't provided with services, they just weren't given anything that would benefit them much. And on top of that it doesn't have a good economy because many people weren't allowed to have any jobs or were allowed to purchase any goods.One out of the 5 purposes that this country does have is protection, and that is because the whole country of Egypt is being led and protected by the military. Egypt doesn't really have a good structure of government because it doesn't even have a government because the country id being lead by the military, so people don't really have a say in their government. But what it DOES have is a symbol which is the Egyptian flag. So Egypt basically failed at the legitimacy test.
 * Part III-Legitimacy and the Current Leader & Government - Solomiya smells...good :D**


 * Part IV-Current Uprising - Nic**

__**Who Revolted?**__
The majority of Egyptians living today are under the age of 30 years old and 40% live on less then $2 a day. Poverty is very high and jobs in Egypt are scarce. During this time the U.S gave Egypt 1.5 billion a year for foreign aid and Mubarak amassed $70 billion for fortune. The Egyptians started rioting and then Mubarak sent in the goon squad and disguised as citizens, using violence to break up and discredit the movement. It backfired. Now hundreds of thousands are participating. The main thing that the protesters had in common was that they used social networks to start protests, and contact each other about Mubarak. They all came together for one big reason... To get Hosni Mubarak to step down from the government.

__**Why did they revolt?**__
Egyptian protesters had many reasons to protest but they were mainly focused on political issues including police abuse, emergency laws, freedom of speech, corruption, economic issues, unemployment, price inflation, and very low minimum wage. They protesters mainly wanted Hosni Mubarak to regime. The first protest was promoted by a facebook, the facebook page was devoted to the memory of Khaled Said. Khaled was a 28 year old man who allegedly died in the hands of the police. The police said that he was trying to hide drugs by swallowing them, but he choked and dies. photos of Khaled later showed that he was beaten and he had bruises on him. The officers were later charged with illegal arrest. On January 25, a protest was held for anti-torture. Protesters said that social networks as twitter/facebook help spread the meetings for protesting around.(usatoday.com)

__**How did the people overthrow the government?**__
People went into the streets protesting by waving flags and saying chants, but then the police fired back and started shooting them with water cannons and tear gas. The protesters started rioting and throwing stones at policemen who would try to stop them. Police have arrested hundreds of people and the government has also denied all used of social networking.(abcnews.com)

__**How did the government respond?**__
The government responded by cutting out all sources to social networks so the people wouldn't be able to contact each other for protesting. The government also sent out police to fight against the protesters. Mubarak has sent out thugs to beat up and kill innocent protesters and he has sent many guns and Molotov cocktails to start fires and kill innocent people.(politicolnews.com)

__**How was the government the same or different following the revolution?**__
Over the last 18 days Egyptians have shown their passion for free speech. they have been doing stuff that they never did before. Essam Sharaf was named as the new prime minister last week, after demonstrators said his predecessor was unacceptable. Mr Sharaf and the new ministers took the constitutional oath before Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the head of the military body which now rules the country. The people of Egypt hope and wish that they can gain the strength to get past this crucial time and become a good country.