Egyptians have been searching football a lot this year, a fact that probably has to do with Egypt qualifying for the World Cup. Google published a “Year in Search report” for the year 2017 on Wednesday, showing the FIFA World Cup draw, as well as Mahmoud al-Khatib — one of Egypt’s top footballers and newly elected al-Ahly president, among the most searched words by Egyptians this year. The searches reflect a big year in football for Egypt, where it qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1990. As for music, two songs topped searches in Egypt — the Egyptian El-Keif and the world sensation Despacito. In third place, after the FIFA world cup draw and al-Ahly elections came the funeral of Egypt’s golden singer Shadia, who passed away earlier this year.

Source: Egypt Independent December 14, 2017 12:22 UTC