Events in the year 2023 in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

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Ongoing –

COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt The COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Egypt on 14 February 2020. Background On 12 ...

* 7 January – Two people are killed and another person is injured when a roof collapses in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

. * 10 February – Two people are killed and 20 others are injured by a

building collapse Structural integrity and failure is an aspect of engineering that deals with the ability of a structure to support a designed structural load (weight, force, etc.) without breaking and includes the study of past structural failures in order to ...

Damanhour Damanhur ( ar, دمنهور ', ; Egyptian: ''Dmỉ-n-Ḥr.w''; cop, ⲡϯⲙⲓⲛ̀ϩⲱⲣ '; ; grc, Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μικρά ') is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is located northwest of Cair ...

, Beheira Governorate. * 27 February –

Egyptian foreign minister This is a list of ministers heading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt. *1933 : Nakhla George al-Motyei Pasha *1933 : Salib Sami Bey (1st time) *1933 - 1934 : Abdel Fattah Yahya Ibrahim Pasha (2nd time) *1934 - 1935 : Kame ...

Sameh Shoukry visits

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

for the first time in a decade following strained relations with both countries. *1 March – The

Egyptian government The politics of Egypt are based on republicanism, with a semi-presidential system of government. The current political system was established following the 2013 Egyptian military coup d'état, and the takeover of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. ...

agrees to restore daylight savings time after a break of 7 years *7 March – A train accident in the Egyptian city of Qalyub, killing four people and injuring 26 people *3 June – An Egyptian police officer was killed after he crossed the Egyptian-Israeli border. He had killed three Israeli soldiers. His body was later returned to Egypt. *8 June – The Egyptian antiquities ministry prohibits a group of archaeologists from the National Museum of Antiquities in

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wit ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

from conducting excavations in

Saqqara Saqqara ( ar, سقارة, ), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English , is an Egyptian village in Giza Governorate, that contains ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for the ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis. ...

after the museum unveiled an exhibit about ancient Egyptian music that Egyptian authorities criticized for its Afrocentric depictions of certain figures, claiming it was historical negationism. *13 June – Fifteen people are killed and two others are injured after a minibus collides into a parked pickup truck in

El Saff El Saff ( ar, الصف) is a city in the Giza Governorate, Egypt. Its population was estimated at about 59,000 people in 2018. Background El Saff is a Markaz and city located about 30 km south of Helwan, which includes more than 30 villages, a ...

. * 26 June – At least 5 people, including a child, are killed, and five others injured after a 14-story building collapsed in the Sid Beshr area, east of Alexandria. * 11 September –

Reda Hegazy Reda Hegazy ( ar, رضِا حجازي; born 4 December 1959) is the current Egyptian Minister of Education and Technical Education in the cabinet headed by Mostafa Madbouly in succession of Tarek Shawki Tariq ( ar, طارق) is an Arabic word and ...

as Minister of Education announced plans for schools to Ban the Niqab. * 18 September – Nine Egyptian military personnel are killed or injured when a transport truck carrying

ammunition Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other weap ...

overturns in

Sharqia Governorate Sharqia Governorate ( ar, محافظة الشرقية ', , rural: ) is the 3rd most populous of the governorates of Egypt. Located in the northern part of the country, its capital is the city of Zagazig. Overview Bilbeis is the former capital ...

. * 19 September – The

Institut Européen d'Archéologie Sous-Marine The Institut Européen d’archéologie Sous-Marine (IEASM) (English: European Institute for Underwater Archaeology) was founded in 1987 as a French non-profit organisation by President Franck Goddio. The organisation locates, explores, excavates ...

announces the discovery of the site of a temple to god

Amun Amun (; also ''Amon'', ''Ammon'', ''Amen''; egy, jmn, reconstructed as (Old Egyptian and early Middle Egyptian) → (later Middle Egyptian) → (Late Egyptian), cop, Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Amoun) romanized: ʾmn) was a major ancient Egyptian ...

and a Greek sanctuary devoted to

Aphrodite Aphrodite ( ; grc-gre, Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē; , , ) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess . Aphrodite's major symbols include ...

in the ancient port city of

Thonis-Heracleion Heracleion (Ancient Greek: ), also known by its Egyptian name Thonis ( Ancient Egyptian: ; cop, Ⲧϩⲱⲛⲓ , ; Ancient Greek: ) and sometimes called Thonis-Heracleion, was an ancient Egyptian port city located near the Canopic Mouth of ...

in the

Abu Qir Bay The Abū Qīr Bay (sometimes transliterated Abukir Bay or Aboukir Bay) (; transliterated: Khalīj Abū Qīr) is a spacious bay on the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria in Egypt, lying between the Rosetta mouth of the Nile and the town of Abu Qir. ...

. * 2 October – Thirty-eight people are injured in a fire at a police facility in Ismailia. *October 8 – An Egyptian cop shoots dead two Israeli citizens and an Egyptian citizen in Alexandria. He is arrested soon after this. The motive is not known, although it might be something to do with the recent Palestine-Israeli conflict. *20 October – After President El Sisi refused to allow Palestinians Living in Gaza to enter Egypt, Protests broke out across the country, Especially near the Rafah border crossing and in El Tahrir Square. *22 October – An

Israeli Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli ...

tank accidentally hits an

Egyptian Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...

position near the border with Gaza. Several Egyptian border guards sustained injuries from fragments of a shell. *27 October – Six people are injured after a

missile In military terminology, a missile is a guided airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight usually by a jet engine or rocket motor. Missiles are thus also called guided missiles or guided rockets (when a previously unguided rocket i ...

hits a building in Taba. Israel says that the missile was launched from

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

. *28 October – **An Egyptian Army spokesperson said in a statement that investigations into the two drones that fell in Nuweiba and in Taba yesterday showed that they were heading from the south of the

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...

to the north. **At least 32 people are killed and 63 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision in Beheira Governorate. **The

foreign ministry has warned of the "humanitarian and security repercussions of the Israeli ground attack" on Gaza, saying "we hold the Israeli government responsible for violating the United Nations General Assembly resolution for an immediate ceasefire and implementing a humanitarian truce”. *26 December – A drone launched from the direction of the

is shot down near the Egyptian resort city of Dahab, according to the Egyptian military. The drone fell into the sea with no casualties or damage reported.

Sports

* 18 October 2022 – June 2023:

2022–23 Egyptian Premier League The 2022–23 Egyptian Premier League is the 64th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season began on 18 October 2022 and will conclude in ...

* 16 March – 22 March: **

2023 Men's Hockey Junior Africa Cup The 2023 Junior Africa Cup will be an international field hockey competition held from 12 to 16 March 2023 in Ismailia, Egypt. The tournament served as a direct qualifier for the 2023 Junior World Cup, with the winner and runner-up qualifying. ...

2023 Women's Hockey Junior Africa Cup The 2023 Junior Africa Cup will be an international field hockey competition held from 12 to 16 March 2023 in Ismailia, Egypt. The tournament serves as a direct qualifier for the 2023 Junior World Cup, with the winner and runner-up qualifying. ...

Deaths

* 3 January –

Mohamed Enani Mohamed Enani ( ar, محمد عناني; 4 January 1939 – 3 January 2023) was an Egyptian translator, fiction writer, dramatist, critic and scholar. Professional career Born in Rosetta, El-Behera, Egypt, Enani obtained a B.A. (hons.) in ...

, 83, writer and translator. *23 January – Sami Sharaf, military officer and politician

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