Egypt Overview
Egypt
2012 Country Review
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Acknowledgements
There are several people without whom the creation of the CountryWatch Country Reviews could not have been accomplished. Robert Kelly, the Founder and Chairman of CountryWatch envisioned the original idea of CountryWatch Country Reviews as a concise and meaningful source of country-specific information, containing fundamental demographic, socio-cultural, political, economic, investment and environmental information, in a consistent format. Special thanks must be conveyed to Robert Baldwin, the Co-Chairman of CountryWatch, who championed the idea of intensified contributions by regional specialists in building meaningful content. Today, while I am responsible for the Herculean task of writing almost 200 CountryWatch Country Reviews, these monographs covering the recognized countries of the world simply would not exist without the research assistance of the current Editorial Department at CountryWatch. Accordingly, I would like to acknowledge the unique talents of Mary Ann Azevedo, Julie Zhu, Ryan Jennings, Ryan Holliway, Rachel Marcus, Cristy Kelly, Anne Marie Surnson and Michelle Hughes within the Editorial Department. These individuals faithfully expend long hours of work, incredible diligence and the highest degree of dedication in their efforts. For these reasons, they have my utmost gratitude and unflagging respect. A word of thanks must also be extended to colleagues in the academic world with whom specialized global knowledge has been shared and whose contributions to CountryWatch are enduring. Accordingly, I am indebted to Stanton Doyle, the former co-Editor of CountryWatch, Richard Marcus, the Director of the International Studies Program at California State University and former Africa Editor for CountryWatch, Brigette Allen former Latin America Editor for CountryWatch, and Christina Surowiec, former Regional Editor for CountryWatch. Also of vital importance is the
2012 Country Review
http://www.countrywatch.com
Acknowledgements
There are several people without whom the creation of the CountryWatch Country Reviews could not have been accomplished. Robert Kelly, the Founder and Chairman of CountryWatch envisioned the original idea of CountryWatch Country Reviews as a concise and meaningful source of country-specific information, containing fundamental demographic, socio-cultural, political, economic, investment and environmental information, in a consistent format. Special thanks must be conveyed to Robert Baldwin, the Co-Chairman of CountryWatch, who championed the idea of intensified contributions by regional specialists in building meaningful content. Today, while I am responsible for the Herculean task of writing almost 200 CountryWatch Country Reviews, these monographs covering the recognized countries of the world simply would not exist without the research assistance of the current Editorial Department at CountryWatch. Accordingly, I would like to acknowledge the unique talents of Mary Ann Azevedo, Julie Zhu, Ryan Jennings, Ryan Holliway, Rachel Marcus, Cristy Kelly, Anne Marie Surnson and Michelle Hughes within the Editorial Department. These individuals faithfully expend long hours of work, incredible diligence and the highest degree of dedication in their efforts. For these reasons, they have my utmost gratitude and unflagging respect. A word of thanks must also be extended to colleagues in the academic world with whom specialized global knowledge has been shared and whose contributions to CountryWatch are enduring. Accordingly, I am indebted to Stanton Doyle, the former co-Editor of CountryWatch, Richard Marcus, the Director of the International Studies Program at California State University and former Africa Editor for CountryWatch, Brigette Allen former Latin America Editor for CountryWatch, and Christina Surowiec, former Regional Editor for CountryWatch. Also of vital importance is the