CAIRO — Egypt’s Immigration Minister Nabila Makram said Aug. 1 that she seeks to help young Egyptians living abroad not to be intellectually influenced by thoughts against their homeland.

To accomplish this, she said, the ministry will be offering free courses on national security for Egyptian academics and students at Egyptian embassies abroad. These courses aim to introduce young Egyptians to the development projects the Egyptian state is undertaking as part of its 2030 vision and to improve the image they have of their homeland.

Makram was speaking on the sidelines of a competition to capture the best photo of an Egyptian tourist site at a summer camp for expats organized by the ministry in Sharm el-Sheikh. In response to a question on how to involve older youths in the ministry’s summer camps, she said that dealing with young Egyptian adults abroad would be delicate given the vulnerability of this age group. 

She stressed that Egyptians abroad are Egypt’s ambassadors and representatives, which is why the ministry is seeking through its activities and camps to convey to them the image of Egypt it wants to show the world.