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Giving foreign residents Egyptian citizenship in exchange for money is an economic policy and should be discussed as such<\/strong>, Abdel Moneim Salama writes for Al Masry Al Youm<\/a>. Many Egyptian nationals decried the recently-passed law allowing foreign residents to obtain citizenship in exchange for a EGP 7 mn bank deposit as an infringement on the Egyptian cultural identity, but few interpreted it correctly as part of the government\u2019s overall efforts to add to the state\u2019s revenues, he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Giving foreign residents Egyptian citizenship in exchange for money is an economic policy and should be discussed as such, Abdel Moneim Salama writes for Al Masry Al Youm. Many Egyptian nationals decried the recently-passed law allowing foreign residents to obtain citizenship in exchange for a EGP 7 mn bank deposit as an infringement on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9411],"tags":[72,9410],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-625566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-deadline","tag-enterpriseam","tag-on-deadline","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"6553b602-947e-47f7-89d9-b61f280c6392","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[625542],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nGiving foreign residents Egyptian citizenship is an economic, not cultural, issue - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/08\/08\/giving-foreign-residents-egyptian-citizenship-is-an-economic-not-cultural-issue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Giving foreign residents Egyptian citizenship is an economic, not cultural, issue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Giving foreign residents Egyptian citizenship in exchange for money is an economic policy and should be discussed as such, Abdel Moneim Salama writes for Al Masry Al Youm. 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