2017 in Egypt
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Events in the year 2017 in Egypt.
Incumbents
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.[1]
- 26 April - Live bullets were fired on protestors during the Sanafir to Saudi Arabia.[2]
- 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 – the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup was held in Cairo
- 18-25 August – the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship, volleyball event hosted by Egypt
Deaths
- 6 January – Awad Moukhtar Halloudah, swimmer (born 1931)
- 12 January – Karima Mokhtar, actress (born 1934)[3]
- 1 April – Talaat al-Shayeb, author (born 1942)
- 4 April – Samir Farid, writer and film critic (born 1943)
- 15 June – Ibrahim Abouleish, pharmacologist (born 1937)
See also
References
- ^ Joe Sterling; Sarah Sirgany & Ian Lee (10 April 2017). "Egypt Cabinet OKs state of emergency after Palm Sunday church bombings". CNN. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ Samar Al-Sayed (14 January 2017). "Mother of Egyptians' actress dies". The National. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
