Word: menoufia
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...Egyptian analysts Mubarak's announcement goes further than anyone had expected in opening up space for opposition candidates. Speaking in Menoufia governorate, his birthplace, where he was touring some factories, Mubarak said that it was now up to the political parties to select candidates from within their ranks to run for president...
Mubarak got the job and won plaudits in 1973 for his handling of the air battle against Israel's superior, U.S.-equipped air force. Two years later Sadat named Mubarak, a man from the President's home province of Menoufia, to the vice-presidency, a decision that surprised virtually everyone, including the appointee...
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