2019 in Egypt

Events

• February 27 – Ramses Station rail disaster: A train smashes into a barrier inside Ramses Station in Cairo, Egypt, causing an explosion and a fire, killing 25 people and injuring 40 others.
• September 22 – Police crack down on protests against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. 274 protesters are arrested in Cairo, Suez City, Port Said, Alexandria, and other cities after the actor and contractor Mohamed Ali alleges Sisi and top military officers are enriching themselves by building palaces and hotels.

  Deaths

May

• May 5 – Hani Shukrallah, Egyptian journalist

  June

• June 5 – Mohamed Negm, Egyptian actor and comedian
• June 17 – Mohamed Morsi, 5th President of Egypt

  July

• July 1 – Ezzat Abou Aouf, Egyptian actor
• July 21 – Adel Zaky, Egyptian Roman Catholic prelate
• July 25 – Farouk al-Fishawy, Egyptian actor
• November 7 – Haitham Ahmed Zaki, Egyptian actor