2019 in Egypt

Events in the year 2019 in Egypt.

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Events

• 27 February – Ramses Station rail disaster: A train smashes into a barrier inside Ramses Station in Cairo, Egypt, causing an explosion and a fire, killing 25 people and injuring 40 others.^[1]
• 21 June 21 - 2019 Africa Cup of Nations begins.
• 4 August – 2019 Cairo bombing: twenty people are killed.^[2]
• 22 September – Police crack down on protests against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. 274 protesters are arrested in Cairo, Suez City, Port Said, Alexandria, and other cities after the actor and contractor Mohamed Ali alleges Sisi and top military officers are enriching themselves by building palaces and hotels.^[3]

Deaths

 

Mohamed Morsi

March

• 23 March – Abdel Hadi Kandil, chemist and politician (born 1935)

May

• 5 May – Hani Shukrallah, journalist (born 1950)^[4]

June

• 5 June – Mohamed Negm, actor and comedian (born 1944)^[5]
• 17 June – Mohamed Morsi, former President of Egypt (born 1951)^[6]

July

• 1 July – Ezzat Abou Aouf, actor (born 1948)^[7]
• 21 July – Adel Zaky, Roman Catholic prelate (born 1947)^[8]
• 25 July – Farouk al-Fishawy, actor (born 1952)^[9]

September

• 4 September – Abdullah Morsi, son of Mohamed Morsi (born 1994)^[10]

November

• 7 November – Haitham Ahmed Zaki, actor (born 1984)^[11]

References

1. "Deadly fire after train crashes at Cairo's main station". France 24. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
2. "Twenty dead in explosion outside Cairo hospital". Reuters. Haitham Ahmed, Alaa Swilam and Mahmoud Reda Mourad. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
3. Riot police crack down on spontaneous demonstrations against President Sisi in cities across Egypt 3 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine by Borzou Daragahi, The Independent, 22 Sep 2020
4. "Prominent Egyptian journalist, Ahram Online founder Hani Shukrallah dies at 69". from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
5. "Egyptian theatre star Mohamed Negm dies at 75". from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
6. "Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi dies during trial". BBC News. 17 June 2019. from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
7. "Veteran Egyptian actor Ezzat Abu Auf dies at 70". July 2019. from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
8. "Bishop Adel Zaky". from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
9. "Egyptian actor Farouk Al Fishawy dies, aged 67, following cancer battle". 25 July 2019. from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
10. "Son of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi dies aged 25". The Guardian. Associated Press. September 5, 2019.
11. "Actor Haitham, son of film star Ahmed Zaki, dies at 35". EgyptToday. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.