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2017 in Egypt
Events in the year
2017 in
Egypt
.
Incumbents
President
:
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister
:
Sherif Ismail
Events
9 April – The
Palm Sunday church bombings
, twin suicide bombings that took place at St. George's Church in
Tanta
, and
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral
in
Alexandria
, killed at least 45 people and injured more than 100.
26 April - Live bullets were fired on protestors during the
2016âÂÂ17 Egyptian protests
who were protesting the selling of
Tiran
and
Sanafir
to Saudi Arabia.
26 May – Egyptian military launch airstrikes against Libyan targets due to terrorist attack which killed 26 Coptic Christians.
11 August –
Alexandria train collision
.
Sport
1-9 July â the
2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
was held in
Cairo
18-25 August â the
2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship
,
volleyball
event hosted by Egypt
Deaths
6 January âÂÂ
Awad Moukhtar Halloudah
, swimmer (born 1931)
12 January âÂÂ
Karima Mokhtar
, actress (born 1934)
1 April âÂÂ
Talaat al-Shayeb
, author (born 1942)
4 April âÂÂ
Samir Farid
, writer and film critic (born 1943)
15 June âÂÂ
Ibrahim Abouleish
, pharmacologist (born 1937)
7 July âÂÂ
Ahmed Mansi
, SEAL military commander (born 1978)
See also
List of Egyptian films of 2017
References