Egypt Today

Egypt is a country located in the north of Africa, bordering with Israel, Sudan, and Libya. Egypt officially became a republic in the year 1958. Egypt is known as one of the oldest civilizations, Egypt is also mentioned in the Bible and famous for it's pyramids, mummies, and also for it's big part of the Nile. Egypt has had many wars for the last decade mainly with Israel. The first war was about the Suez Canal and the Sinai Desert which took place in the year 1948. The second war was the Sinai War which occurred in the Sinai Desert where the Egyptians were trying to take over Israel. The third war was the Six Day War which happened in 1967, it was when Egypt closed the entrance to the Red Sea for vessels carrying goods and especially oil to Israel. The next war was the 1974 called the Yom Kippur war. In between the major wars there were many small border incidents, terrorist attacks, and smuggling. Then after the wars, President Sadat of Egypt decided to sign a peace agreement with Israel and ever since the border between Israel and Egypt became quiet. The language now in Egypt is Arabic.

Natalie H. was born on the 17th of December in Princess Ann's Hospital. She moved to Holland at the age of 4 years old, and is now 12 and is still here. She goes to school in Amsterdam. She enjoys school very much and likes being among her friends. Her best friend lives in Australia. She has many good friends here. Her teacher is Mr. Spedding. Her social studies teacher is Ms Hos McGrane who she did this project with. Natalie's hobbies are basketball, volleyball, running (track and field). She adores sports as you can see, she has been on several teams representing her school. She also likes reading and writing and wants to become either a journalist or a lawyer someday. She has no pets. Natalie also likes to travel and has been in many places in the world. She hopes to graduate at this school. Her favorite color is blue, she likes to wear jeans and shorts. Her favorite animals are the whale, seal, and the dolphin. This brings her to the end of her special introduction of herself.

Erez H. is a boy whose hobbies are basketball, baseball, and soccer. He was also in several teams. He's in Mr Spedding's 6th grade class. He has one older sister called who is in grade 8. When he grows up he wants to be a business manager, or something in the stock exchange. ] His fauourite colour is purple and his favourite animal is the eagle.

Bibliography

The Pyramids, John Smith 1977

Mummies, James Peterson 1978

Egypt Insight Guide 1990

Ancient Egypt, Oliver Brown 1985

Egypt BBC, Steve Harrison 1990

Terra Marta

Internet Egypt, Mummies, Pyramids 1996

Encarta on Egypt