2025 in Egypt
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Events in the year 2025 in Egypt.
Incumbents
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President of Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
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Prime Minister of Egypt | Moustafa Madbouly |
Events
[edit]February
[edit]- February 12 – The American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman collides with a Turkish merchant vessel near Port Said. No injuries are reported.[1]
- February 17 – Ten people are killed in a building collapse in Kerdasa, Giza Governorate.[2]
- February 18 – Archaeologists announce the discovery of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose II in Thebes, in what is the first ancient Egyptian royal tomb to be discovered since that of Tutankhamun in 1922.[3]
March
[edit]- March 3 – A minibus and a truck collide head-on in Asyut, killing 13 people.[4]
- March 13 – A train collides with a minibus at an unauthorized crossing in Ismailia Governorate, killing eight people.[5]
- March 27 – A tourist submarine sinks in the Red Sea off the coast of Hurghada, killing six Russian nationals.[6]
May
[edit]- May 19 – An unspecified training aircraft of the Egyptian Air Force crashes in an undisclosed location, killing its entire crew.[7]
June
[edit]- June 14 – Pro-Palestinian demonstrators and Global March to Gaza supporters are stopped by Egyptian border patrol and law enforcement, leading to violent clashes that same day.[8]
- 27 June – A minibus collides with a truck in Ashmoun, Monufia, killing 19 people and injuring three others.[9]
July
[edit]- 1 July – An oil-drilling vessel capsizes in the Gulf of Suez off the coast of Ras Ghareb, killing four people and leaving three others missing.[10][11]
- 7 July – Ramses Exchange fire. Four people are killed and at least 27 others are injured in a fire at the Ramses Exchange operated by Telecom Egypt in Cairo that also causes a reduction of telecommunications connectivity by 62% and a suspension of trading on the Cairo stock exchange the next day.[12]
- 20 July – Three people, including two suspected members of the Hasm Movement, are killed in a police raid in Giza.[13]
August
[edit]- 2 August – Mariam Ayman ("Suzy El Ordonia"), a 19-year-old TikTok influencer with 9.4 million followers, is arrested in Cairo on charges of distributing indecent content and laundering 15 million Egyptian pounds.[14]
- 4–5 August – 2025 Egyptian Senate election.[15]
- 8 August – 2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship[16]
- 30 August – A passenger train traveling from Matrouh Governorate to Cairo derails in the west of the country, killing three people and injuring 94 others.[17]
September
[edit]- 16 September – Authorities announce the theft of a 3,000-year-old gold bracelet dating from the reign of King Amenemope from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Four people, including a museum employee, are subsequently arrested, and the artefact is later reported to have been sold and melted down.[18]
- 22 September – President el-Sisi issues pardons to six people, including political activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah.[19]
- 26 September – A building partially collapses following a fire in El Mahalla El Kubra, killing eight people.[20]
October
[edit]- 5 October – The Supreme Council of Antiquities announces the theft of a 4,000-year-old limestone pharaonic painting from tomb of Khentika in Saqqara.[21]
- 8 October – Egypt qualifies for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after defeating Djibouti 3-0 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification.[22]
- 11 October – A car crash kills three Qatari Amiri Diwan employees and injures two others while they were heading to Sharm El Sheikh.[23][24]
- 13 October – The 2025 Gaza peace summit is held in Sharm El Sheikh, with over 20 national leaders in attendance.[25]
November
[edit]- 1 November – The Grand Egyptian Museum is officially opened to the public.[26]
- 6 November – Egypt's Khaled El-Enany is elected as Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), making him the first person from the Arab World to assume the position.[27]
- 10–11 November – 2025 Egyptian parliamentary election (first round)[28]
- 24 November – 2025 Egyptian parliamentary election (second round)[29]
December
[edit]- 3–4 December – 2025 Egyptian parliamentary election (partial re-run)[29]
- 11 December – Koshary is recognized as intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO.[30]
Deaths
[edit]- 9 January – Laila Rustom, 87, TV presenter.[31]
- 30 March – Pachomius, 89, Coptic Orthodox prelate, metropolitan bishop of Beheira (since 1971).[32]
- 12 April – Ibrahim Shika, 28, footballer (Zamalek).[33]
- 3 June – Samiha Ayoub, 93, actress.[34]
- 5 June – Hoda Al-Ajimi, 88, radio presenter.[35]
- 13 August – Sonallah Ibrahim, 88, novelist (Zaat, Sharaf, The Stealth).[36]
References
[edit]- ^ "US aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship near Egypt, but no injuries reported". AP News. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "10 dead in building collapse in Egypt". AP News. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "Thutmose II's tomb is Egypt's biggest archaeological discovery since 1922". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "13 killed in small bus accident in Egypt's Asyut". Albawaba News. March 3, 2025. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
- ^ "At least 8 people are killed when a passenger train slams into a minibus in Egypt". AP News. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "6 Russian Tourists Killed in Egyptian Submarine Accident". The Moscow Times. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "Training aircraft crashes during air force exercise: Army Spox". Ahram Online. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "Violent clashes in Egypt after Western activists try to enter Gaza". The Jerusalem Post. 2025-06-14. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
- ^ "19 killed in a road collision in Egypt's Nile Delta region". CTV News. 2025-06-27. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- ^ "An oil-drilling ship capsized in the Gulf of Suez, killing at least 4 crewmen, Egypt says". AP News. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Four die as vessel capsizes in Suez Gulf; three still missing". Reuters. 2025-07-02. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ "Cairo telecom building fire kills 4 and injures 27". AP News. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Egyptian police kill 2 suspected militants in a shootout". AP News. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ Alaaeldin, Menna; Ezz, Mohamed; Kalach, Yazan (2025-08-29). "Egypt rounds up teenaged TikTokkers in crackdown on social media". Reuters. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
- ^ "Egyptians begin voting in election to the nation's Senate". AP News. 4 August 2025.
- ^ "2025 IHF Men's Youth World Championship to be hosted by the Egyptian Handball Federation". IHF. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ "Passenger train derails in Egypt, killing at least 3 and injuring 94". AP News. 30 August 2025.
- ^ Gritten, David (2025-09-18). "Egypt says 3,000-year-old bracelet was stolen and melted down". BBC. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
- ^ "Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah pardoned by president's office". AP News. 2025-09-22. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
- ^ "A fire and a building collapse in Egypt's Nile Delta leave 8 people dead". AP News. 2025-09-26. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ^ "Ancient Egyptian painting stolen from Saqqara tomb". Africanews. 2025-10-06. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ^ "Salah leads Egypt to World Cup qualification". Africanews. 10 October 2025.
- ^ "3 Qatari diplomats killed in car crash while heading to Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh". AP News. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "Qatari officials killed in car crash near Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh, embassy says". Reuters. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ "Trump and Egypt's President Set To Host Sharm el-Sheikh 'Peace Summit'". The New York Times. 2025-10-13. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
- ^ "Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time". BBC. 2025-11-01. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
- ^ "UNESCO General Conference elects Egypt's El-Enany as Director-General". Africanews. 2025-11-06. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
- ^ "Egypt announces timetable of 2025 Parliamentary elections; voting to begin on November 7". Egypt Today. 2025-10-04. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
- ^ a b "Egyptians vote in second phase of parliamentary elections". AP News. 2025-11-25. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
- ^ "Egypt's koshary is inscribed on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage". Africanews. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ وفاة الإعلامية ليلى رستم عن عمر يناهز 88 عامًا (in Arabic)
- ^ "The Departure of His Eminence Metropolitan Pakhomius, the Metropolitan Elder of the Coptic Orthodox Church". Coptic Orthodox Church. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
- ^ Rana Atef (12 April 2025). "Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer". Sada Elbalad English. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ Legendary Egyptian Actress Samiha Ayoub Passes Away at 93 Egypt Today
- ^ "Media personality Hoda Al-Ajimi passed away at the age of 89". Sbisiali News Portal. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Renowned Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim dies at 88". France 24. Retrieved 13 August 2025.