Egypt is located at the north-eastern corner of Africa and borders the Red Sea and also shares a border with Israel. On the west, Egypt is bordered by Libya, and to the south, it is bordered by Sudan. Egypt happens to be physically divided into two, unequal halves by the Nile River. In the years from 1919 to 1922, Egypt campaigned for independence from the British protectorate declared in 1914. [1] A party founded by an former educational minister called the Wafd party, which directly translates to "delegation", only wanted for Egypt to successfully and peacefully seceed and gain their rightful independence. [2] Finally, in 1922, Egypt seceded and gained their independence, yet the Crown continuously had an influence to the country until the mid 1950s.
With references to issues that divide people, there is a slight language barrier with the people of the northern parts and the southern parts of Egypt. The main language of Egypt is Egyptian Arabic, with sprinklings of other minority languages throughout southern Egypt. [3] Although Egypt faces many issues that affect their affiliations and their cultural identities, physical borders is not one that particularly bothers them. In recent times, the most trying issue on the people of Egypt is the war on Christianity from those who are of the Muslim "Brotherhood". [4] Again, these Christians, who are referred to as "Copts" are the main target many of those in Egypt who affiliate themselves with Radical Islam. It is terrifying for these people who are living in fear in this country, who are simply practicing the original religion of their ancestors, that they are continued to be targeted to either convert, or submit to those who practice Islam. There is not much that these Coptic Christians can do, still, because even the leader of the country and of the military is a devout Muslim. [5] This is definitely a struggle for power and identity for those in Egypt.
[1] http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/egyptians-campaign-independence-1919-1922
[2] Ibid.
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Egypt
[4] http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/22/the-muslim-brotherhood-s-war-on-coptic-christians.html
[5] Ibid.
