Ten Facts about egypt

1. Egypt's vast and rich literature constitutes an important cultural element in the life of the country and in the Arab world as a whole.
2. Egypt was readmitted to the Arab League in 1989.
3. Egypt met the conditions and in September 2005 issued $1.25 billion in 10-year bonds that were fully guaranteed by the United States.
4. Egypt's ancient past and the fact that it was one of the first Middle Eastern countries to open up to the West following Napoleon's invasion means that it is seen by many as the intellectual and cultural leader in the region.
5. Egypt's teeming cities - and almost all agricultural activity - are concentrated along the banks of the Nile, and on the river's delta.
6. Hosni Mubarak is Egypt's longest-serving ruler since Muhammad Ali in the early 19th century and one of the longest-serving leaders in the Arab world.
7. It is an amalgam of Delta Arabic and Middle Egypt Arabic, with borrowings from literary Arabic.
8. The Middle Egypt dialect is in Bani Sweef, Fayyuum, and Gizeh.
9. Upper Egypt dialect is from Asyuut to Edfu and south.
10. Egypt on unveiled the restored sarcophagus of Ramses VI, pieced together from 250 fragments and now on permanent display where it was first interred in the massive tomb of the ancient pharaoh, who ruled about 3,100 years ago.