This, in turn, is seen as a stepping stone towards naturalisation, since after ten years you can apply for the passport. Let’s not forget that Gamal Al-Din al-Afghani himself was the tutor of the first generation of nationalist leaders—SaadZaghloul and Qasim Amin. There are lots of solutions out there that can defuse the situation, not least in the Arab world. Nobody denies that Egypt is an overpopulated country suffering from unemployment, but foreigners are not the cause of this unemployment. In the process, you have the best of both worlds: political independence without economic isolation.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 04, 2017 09:11 UTC