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For example, during the Brotherhood's How do Egyptians support state policy
reign, there were about 5 Egyptians according to you? What roles do they play and
occupying high-ranking positions from ultimately focus on supporting State policy?
Kuwait. I am not only talking about well- We dedicate programs for this purpose. The
known scientists but also the other first of which are awareness campaigns and
occupations in the Arab countries. It is a it is done annually, through 200
force that now does not grow for many ambassadors or heads of the community
reasons: like the Egyptians’ need to work for where we invite them to Egypt and take
any sum of money due to the encountered them on trips to many sights, the most
economic difficulties. They have not become important of which is to visit national
the diplomacy and soft power that we hoped projects, the administrative capital, the new
for, because of the current economic struggle cities... etc.; to introduce these people to
, and so, the strength of the Egyptian what's going on in Egypt and as
influence has declined: Because in normal ambassadors, we count on them to share
circumstances, Egyptians abroad have been their experience with the rest abroad; and
transferring $16 billion for many years, but this is considered one of our most important
in the current circumstances, we receive less means to support the State. There are also
than what needs to be transferred, which is a educational courses throughout the year, on
few millions and is currently counted on a national security, the state and other, in
monthly basis and not yearly, because now addition to which we organize various trips
there is a parallel market and the banking from Europe for the second and third
sector is missing the dollars that are generations of migrants, the younger
supposed to be transferred every year. generation, to teach them about Egypt:
what’s the Nile, the pyramids, the symbols of
What is the difference between the Egypt and so on. Finally, we started this
Secretary-General and the President of the year's flights to the countries of diaspora, for
Union? those who’re permanent migrants in
The difference between the President and the America, and they were difficult flights to
Secretary is determined by the regulation of organize but with the cooperation with the
the supervising administrative body, which Union in America, they managed to get
in our case is the Ministry of Solidarity. The Egypt Air to help us and facilitate the flight
regulation stipulates that the President is from Los Angeles to ensure that the largest
more of an honorary position responsible for number of participants joined. Not to
the entity in general, but it is the Secretary- mention the awareness campaigns where we
General who is responsible for all introduce them to the Egyptian State and its
administrative matters, including different projects, using a group of “scholars”
activities; and so, most of the work is communicating with them constantly about
handled by the Secretary-General. the state of the State and so on.
Addressing an issue, we face: We as a union,
a civil society, are responsible for Egyptians
abroad on an official basis, however, there
are many bodies declaring that they are
responsible for Egyptians abroad but this is
not real. I now call for these roles to be
penalized for their adverse impact and
problems, because we qualify our personnel
unlike them.

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