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mohamedomarsiam

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perceived values occupations income distribution education Poverty Diversity

shared by mohamedomarsiam on 30 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian (widely understood); French, English (somewhat understood)
  • Sunni Muslim (Islam - official) 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
  • 22,457,336 (July 2013 est.)
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  • 5.1% of GDP (2009)
  • definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.1% male: 90.3% female: 77.7% (2011 est.)
  • $107.6 billion (2011 est.)
  • $5,100 (2011 est.) country compariso
  • mohamedomarsiam on 30 Oct 13
     
    Here there is evrything we need to know about the percieved values, etc....
Juleen Keevy

The selfish heartless argument for keeping Syrians in Egypt - Daily News Egypt - 0 views

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shared by Juleen Keevy on 31 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • we should keep them here, give them residencies and even welcome more of them to come, purely because it is in our best collective interest to do so
  • Syrians started to come to Egypt
  • also offering something that Egypt has lacked for a long time: a highly energised workforce who actually want to work and who have a work ethic.
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  • ethic
  • tarted a slew of small businesses and services that have transformed 6th of October city for its inhabitants:  new and better restaurants opened up, where the food is delicious and the customer service is exceptionally excellent and chains of car-washing businesses
  • We would see a jump in productivity and services if we just legalise their status and give them a way to certify their educational credentials so that Syrian doctors, engineers and lawyers can work in their fields as well.
  • We can even raise money by charging them absorbent fees for the certification or residency process, and, if we want to be Gulfie about it, even make a law that forces them to get an Egyptian partner in whatever new business they want to start, which, by the way, will benefit the Egyptian econom
  • The first reason they cite is t
  • The second reason they cite is national security
  • the third reason has to do with some fantasy that the Syrians will come and colonise Egypt
  • foreign buying and owning of Egyptian lands and properties was good for investment and the economy
  • Juleen Keevy on 31 Oct 13
     
    Are you familiar with @Sandmonkey's opinions yet? This one is relevant to your study, although I'm not sure what his references are.
mabdelraouf

Asia Times Online :: Syrians under siege in Egypt - 0 views

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  • en these complicated procedures, we understand that Syrians are not welcome in Egypt anymore."
  • Three weeks later, the new military government that took over imposed new, stricter rules for Syrian refugees trying to cross the border. They now needed a visa, as well as national security approval to be in Egypt.
  • "I wish I had been killed in Syria rather than lead this humiliating life in Egypt," says Amer Feras, who came to Cairo after he lost his wife and youngest daughter in the jet attack that Assad's forces launched this January on Homs city, 161 kilometers north of Damascus.
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  • The building's Egyptian owner, Tarek Marzouk, runs a dry cleaning business and has offered a free room for each helpless family coming in from Syria.
  • My girls can't join government schools and I don't have the money to put them in private schools," he says. "We lost our properties, home, dignity and our right to live as human beings or at least as war refugees."
  • "Now I'm begging in front of mosques in Egypt to support my family. I have to carry my passport to prove my identity, and sometimes I earn sympathy and assistance from the Egyptians," she adds.
  • Gad also thinks they were better off under Morsi. "Under the Muslim Brotherhood, we got better treatment, free education and healthcare," she says. "Even when Morsi decided to cut off relations with the Assad regime, we were getting proper and supportive governmental treatment.
  • "families and individuals started to think of illegal immigration to Europe, even if it meant drowning to death."
  • "The situation of Syrian refugees in Egypt has reached a critical stage since the revolution of June 30," says Abdel Karim Rehawi, head of the Syrian League for the Defense of Human Rights, referring to the Egyptian protests that led to the overthrow of Morsi.
  • the military regime has tightened screws on Syrians after individuals were accused of being in collusion with Islamist groups and working against the state.
  • "There is some aid from a few Egyptian families and volunteers, but no official support from the Egyptian state," he says.
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