2019 in Egypt

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See also:Other events of 2019
List of years in Egypt

Events in the year 2019 in Egypt.

Events

  • 27 February – Ramses Station rail disaster: A train smashes into a barrier inside Ramses Station in Cairo, Egypt, causing an explosion and a fire, killing 25 people and injuring 40 others.[1]
  • 21 June 21 - 2019 Africa Cup of Nations begins.
  • 4 August – 2019 Cairo bombing: twenty people are killed.[2]
  • 22 September – Police crack down on protests against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. 274 protesters are arrested in Cairo, Suez City, Port Said, Alexandria, and other cities after the actor and contractor Mohamed Ali alleges Sisi and top military officers are enriching themselves by building palaces and hotels.[3]

Deaths

Mohamed Morsi

March

  • 23 March – Abdel Hadi Kandil, chemist and politician (born 1935)

May

  • 5 May – Hani Shukrallah, journalist (born 1950)[4]

June

July

September

November

References

  1. ^ "Deadly fire after train crashes at Cairo's main station". France 24. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Twenty dead in explosion outside Cairo hospital". Reuters. Haitham Ahmed, Alaa Swilam and Mahmoud Reda Mourad. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  3. ^ Riot police crack down on spontaneous demonstrations against President Sisi in cities across Egypt Archived 3 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine by Borzou Daragahi, The Independent, 22 Sep 2020
  4. ^ "Prominent Egyptian journalist, Ahram Online founder Hani Shukrallah dies at 69". Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Egyptian theatre star Mohamed Negm dies at 75". Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi dies during trial". BBC News. 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Veteran Egyptian actor Ezzat Abu Auf dies at 70". July 2019. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Bishop Adel Zaky". Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Egyptian actor Farouk Al Fishawy dies, aged 67, following cancer battle". 25 July 2019. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Son of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi dies aged 25". The Guardian. Associated Press. September 5, 2019.
  11. ^ "Actor Haitham, son of film star Ahmed Zaki, dies at 35". EgyptToday. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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