Egypt By Trevor Kozak 8 th grader at Tamarac Middle School
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EgyptBy Trevor Kozak8th grader at Tamarac Middle School
The Sphinx and Great Pyramid
Egypt
BackgroundEgypt is the only member of the
Middle East in Africa
Egypt has a population of 8,835,225 people
Egypt is 1,001,450 square kilometers
The Capital of Egypt is Cairo.
Cairo, Egypt
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GovernmentEgypt is a Republic
The president is Mohammed Morsi
He was elected in 2011 after former president Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office because of the revolution
Egypt RevolutionEgyptian Revolution occurred in 2011.
Hosni Mubarak was acting like a dictator. Citizens of Egypt were not happy with the amount of power he was getting.
Mubarak was even having someone rig the voting so he would win.
People formed riots and destroyed federal property to force Mubarak out of office.
Hosni Mubarak(Former President)
Mohammed Morsi(Current President)
Agriculture
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EGYPT?
Nile River PollutionRice Straw BurningAir PollutionPollution Spreading to other
countriesAgricultureUrbanization
Nile River Pollution
Nile River SolutionsBiological filters with chemical
additives, and sand filters would fix water pollution in Egypt.
RICE STRAW BURNING
Farmers rice straw burn as a quick way to get rid of it.
Rice Straw Burning SolutionsRice Straw could be used as
mattress stuffing or animal feed instead
Air Pollution
Smog clouds form because of pollution
A permanent cloud of pollution is over Egypt
IDEA ProjectIDEA is a Canadian-Egyptian
Consortium which has built about 350 brick factories south of Cairo.
They will use natural gas instead of oil to reduce CO2 and pollutants emitted by factories.
GARBAGE POLLUTIONMany cities don’t have proper garbage disposal
Garbage City Garbage City (Zabbaleen) is the only place in
Egypt where garbage is sorted and made into something else.
Zabbaleens collect garbage to bring to garbage city.
QUESTIONS?Comments?
Thank You!
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