Egypt
From AASL
| Name of the country/area | Egypt |
|---|---|
| Formal name of the country/area | Arab Republic of Egypt |
| Country/area information | The World Factbook (CIA) |
| Wikipedia (English) |
Indigenous signs for "Egypt"
Illustrations in the literature
"Egypt" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 84.)
Spoken languages
Arabic
Sign languages
Population of Deaf/deaf people
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
Asdaa's Association for serving the Hearing Impaired
Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies
Education for the deaf
Deaf communities and cultures
Religious activities by the Deaf
Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages
Sign language dictionaries
Suwayd, Abd al-Hamid. 1984. Al-Qamus al-ishari. [Cairo, Egypt?]
Bibliography
El Bakary, Waguida. 1999. The education of the hearing impaired in Egypt. In : H. William Brelje ed. Global perspectives on the education of the deaf in selected countries. Hillsboro, Ore. : Butte Publications. 69-79.
Egypt Ministry of Education. 1989. Muzakkira fi sha'n al-mutattalibat al-tarbawiya li madaris al-tarbiya al-sama'ia. [Memo on educational specifications for schools for the deaf.] Cairo.
Edelstam, Anne. 1984. Socializing the Deaf in Cairo. M.A. thesis, Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Psychology, American University in Cairo.
1947. The DEAF in Egypt. In : Volta Review. 49 (1) p. 35.
1941. A SCHOOL for the Deaf in Egypt. In : Volta Review. 43 (2) 98-99.
1909, Feb. In Cairo. In : The Silent Worker. 21 (no. 5).
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Egypt
Notes
| Africa (general) | Africa (general) |
|---|---|
| North Africa | Algeria | Egypt | Libya | Morocco | Tunisia |
| West Africa | Benin | Burkina Faso | Cote d'Ivoire | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Liberia | Mali | Mauritania | Niger | Nigeria | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Togo |
| Island states in the Atlantic Ocean | Cape Verde | Sao Tome and Principe |
| Central Africa | Burundi | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Chad | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon | Republic of the Congo | Rwanda |
| East Africa | Djibouti | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Kenya | Somalia | South Sudan | Sudan | Tanzania | Uganda |
| Southern Africa | Angola | Botswana | Lesotho | Malawi | Mozambique | Namibia | South Africa | Swaziland | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
| Island states in the Indian Ocean | Comoros | Madagascar | Mauritius | Seychelles |
| Areas and others | Western Sahara |
