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Why are sections disappearing from Egypt's textbooks?

Lawyers used textbooks in a case against the Egyptian government; now the books have changed.

Egyptian activists shout anti-President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and government slogans during a demonstration protesting against the government's decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, April 13, 2016. The sign reads, "The two Islands Tiran and Sanafir are the Egyptians". REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTX29RVO
Egyptian activists shout anti-government slogans during a demonstration protesting against the government's decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, April 13, 2016. — REUTERS/Amr Abdullah Dalsh

In what looks like a move straight out of George Orwell's recently resurgent novel “1984,” Egyptian authorities appear to be rewriting history to suit their political agenda.

Documentation of Egypt's sovereignty over two controversial Red Sea islands has been disappearing from history books in the school system.

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