{"id":631804,"date":"2018-03-27T04:12:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T04:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/03\/27\/has-egypt-already-launched-its-own-facebook\/"},"modified":"2018-03-27T04:12:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T04:12:31","slug":"has-egypt-already-launched-its-own-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/03\/27\/has-egypt-already-launched-its-own-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Egypt already launched its own Facebook?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Has Egypt already launched its own Facebook?<\/strong> Social network \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/egface.com\/\">Egypt Face<\/a>\u201d went live a few days ago, after ICT Minister Yasser El Kady announced that Egypt intends to create its own platform mimicking Facebook, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tahawultech.com\/news\/egypt-launches-local-rival-for-facebook\/\">Tahawul Tech reports<\/a>. 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