Zifta
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Zifta:( also could be spelled as "Zefta".) is an Egyptian town in the Nile delta
, belongs to Gharbia governorate. It is across the nile from Mit Ghamr
city of Ad Daqahliyah governorate.
, when the British occupation expelled Saad Zaghloul Pasha out of Egypt along other leaders of Wafd Party
and were exilled to Malta, the people of Zifta, led by Youssef El Guindi, gathered and declared their independence of the crown and named it Zifta Republic. the town of Zifta has also seen the bitrth of Mostafa Younis,who works in the field of aviation,Fouad Younis, who works as an accountant and the engineer Moghad Younis.
Zifta, is the location of one of nile barrages built during 1881-1952 to control the Nile flow.
Zifta, is the birth place of many well known people, for example:
Kimon Evan Marengo
, Mostafa Kamal Tolba
and Mostafa El-Sayed
.
Nile Delta
The Nile Delta is the delta formed in Northern Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the world's largest river deltas—from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the east, it covers some 240 km of Mediterranean coastline—and is a rich...
, belongs to Gharbia governorate. It is across the nile from Mit Ghamr
Mit Ghamr
Mit Ghamr is an Egyptian center producing aluminium accounting for more than 70% of Egypt's total production, especially aluminum utensils...
city of Ad Daqahliyah governorate.
History
Zifta is well known in the modern Egyptian history during the 1919 uprising, lately called Egyptian Revolution of 1919Egyptian Revolution of 1919
The Egyptian Revolution of 1919 was a countrywide revolution against the British occupation of Egypt and Sudan. It was carried out by Egyptians and Sudanese from different walks of life in the wake of the British-ordered exile of revolutionary leader Saad Zaghlul, and other members of the Wafd...
, when the British occupation expelled Saad Zaghloul Pasha out of Egypt along other leaders of Wafd Party
Wafd Party
The Wafd Party was a nationalist liberal political party in Egypt. It was said to be Egypt's most popular and influential political party for a period in the 1920s and 30s...
and were exilled to Malta, the people of Zifta, led by Youssef El Guindi, gathered and declared their independence of the crown and named it Zifta Republic. the town of Zifta has also seen the bitrth of Mostafa Younis,who works in the field of aviation,Fouad Younis, who works as an accountant and the engineer Moghad Younis.
Zifta, is the location of one of nile barrages built during 1881-1952 to control the Nile flow.
Zifta, is the birth place of many well known people, for example:
Kimon Evan Marengo
Kimon Evan Marengo
Kimon Evan Marengo , better known for his pen name Kem, was an Egyptian-born British cartoonist in Zifta, Egypt. He was the son of Evangelos Marangos, a Greek cotton merchant....
, Mostafa Kamal Tolba
Mostafa Kamal Tolba
Mostafa Kamal Tolba is an Egyptian scientist most famous for his 17-year tenure as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme ....
and Mostafa El-Sayed
Mostafa El-Sayed
Mostafa A. El-Sayed is an Egyptian-American chemical physicist, a leading nanoscience researcher, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a US National Medal of Science laureate. He is also known for the spectroscopy rule named after him, the El-Sayed rule.- Academic career :He earned...
.