Dakhla pertains to the Egyptian Wadi al-Jadid ("New Valley") governorate. Al Wadi al Jadid (Arabic: الوادى الجديد ) (English: New Vally) is one of the governorates of Egypt. ...
The foundations of the modern state were established by Muhammad Ali, who served as viceroy of Egypt from 1805 to 1849, while the country was a province of the Ottoman Empire.
Egypt is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea; on the east by the Gaza Strip, Israel, and the Red Sea; on the south by Sudan; and on the west by Libya.
Mount Catherine (Jabal Katrīnah), the highest elevation in Egypt, is on the Sinai Peninsula, as is Mount Sinai (Jabal Mūsá), where, according to the Hebrew Bible, Moses received the Ten Commandments.
Egypt's climate is generally dry, with two seasons: a hot season from May to October and a cool season from November to April.
Although Egypt had aided Iraq in the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), Mubarak was instrumental in forging the anti-Iraq Arab coalition in the 1991 Persian Gulf War; Egyptian troops formed the third-largest allied contingent in the war.
Egypt's periodic interludes of disunity were politically disorderly and economically painful in part because inherent problems and contradictions (for example, obvious weakness in "perfect" institutions such as kingship) came to the surface and demanded solutions.
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