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Egypt By Trevor Kozak 8 th grader at Tamarac Middle School. The Sphinx and Great Pyramid. Egypt. Background. Egypt is the only member of the Middle E ast in Africa Egypt has a population of 8,835,225 people Egypt is 1,001,450 square kilometers The Capital of Egypt is Cairo.
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EgyptBy Trevor Kozak8th grader at Tamarac Middle School The Sphinx and Great Pyramid
Background • Egypt 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.
Government • Egypt 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 Revolution • Egyptian 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)
What is happening in Egypt? • Nile River Pollution • Rice Straw Burning • Air Pollution • Pollution Spreading to other countries • Agriculture • Urbanization
Nile River Solutions • Biological 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 Solutions • Rice Straw could be used as mattress stuffing or animal feed instead
Smog clouds form because of pollution A permanent cloud of pollution is over Egypt Air Pollution
IDEA Project • IDEA 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 Pollution Many 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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