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• The Arab Republic of Egypt has a population of over 72 million people.
• 94 percent of the population are Muslim with the remainder being
  primarily Coptic Christians.
• Egypt is the largest Arab nation and one of the world's oldest nation-states.
• Egypt is the second largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid totaling $1.8 billion annually.
• The Al-Azhar University is the most eminent in the Muslim world, and is still considered the fount of Islamic learning. Founded by the Fatimids in 970,
  it is also the oldest university in the world.
• The League of Arab States (Arab League) was founded in Egypt in 1945
  and is currently headquartered in Cairo.
• Despite its importance to the geo-politics of the Middle East, North Africa,
  and the Muslim world as a whole, little is known about modern-day Egypt
  in the United States.