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Egypt Braces for Big Continental Day


Fri 21 Jun 2019 | 01:58 PM
Yassmine Elsayed

At 8 pm today, all eyes are expected to be on Egypt as the opening of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, is scheduled to start.

The huge opening ceremony is expected to last for 14 minutes, with the attendance of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi along with a large number of distinguished guests and foreign officials, including ambassadors, at the giant Cairo international stadium.

Last hours preparations are on at the stadium for the big event.

The gates of the stadium are expected to stay open until 6 pm today, where the opening match of AFCON would take place at 10 pm of Egypt Vs. Zimbabwe.

The ceremony will feature Egyptian pop star Hakim along with Nigerian Femi Kuti and Ivorian Dobet Gnahoré, all will perform the tournament's official song.

The trio will be performing their song Metgamaeen (Together), whose lyrics are in Arabic, English and French. An audio track has already been published on various internet platforms.

According to reports, the AFCON ceremony will focus on combining magic of African civilization on one hand and Pyramids, Nile and ancient Egyptian authenticity on the other.