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"Thoth" is the ancient Egyptian god of writing and wisdom. the user group's Mascot
"Thoth" is the ancient Egyptian god of writing and wisdom. the user group's Mascot


Welcome to

Egypt Wikimedians User Group
𓋴𓅓𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓄤𓀀𓁐𓏥 𓈖 𓅱𓇋𓎡𓇋𓅓𓇋𓂧𓇋𓄿𓈖𓋴 𓈖 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖
Ⲡⲓⲟⲙⲓⲗⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲣⲉϥⲉⲣⲭⲣⲁ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ Ⲟⲩⲓⲕⲓⲙⲏⲇⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ
مجموعة مستخدمي ويكيميديا في مصر

Egypt Wikimedians (EGWUG) is a Wikimedia user group that aims to promote Wikimedia projects and free content, Support Wikimedia movement, Develop educational content, Discovering and disseminating knowledge and culture in Egypt, and support all volunteers inside Egypt, as well as Egyptian volunteers abroad around the world.

The User Group Founded in May 2014, and Recognized by WMF affiliations committee in July 2014, as the second user group in MENA region and the 4th in Africa. (Read The User Group Charter »)

Our Activities

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Our Projects

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The WikiAwareness Project, founded in 2019, aims to raise awareness about Wikimedia projects and encourage volunteering, Through lectures, designs, educational videos, and social media posts. (Read more ») The User group's technical club was founded in 2024 and is dedicated to supporting development, programming, and technical activities in order to serve Wikimedia projects or free and open software. (Read more »)
An internal team founded in 2024, for photographers and photography activities, competitions, and supporting the concept of free images. (Read more ») GLAM project in Egypt, founded in 2025, A project dedicated to User group's (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) activities in Egypt. (Read more »).
Wikipedian Light of Knowledge (WLK) An initiative that was launched separately in 2019, but now it is part of EGWUG. The initiative aims to participate as an education program across universities, whether students or graduates, with the aim of making Wikipedia part of their academic activity and volunteering in it, as well as benefiting from different specializations in enriching Wikipedia. (Read more »)

What we Achieve

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  • Wikipedia Anniversary: Arabic Day (21, 20, 19 & 10). International Day (24, 23, 20).

Our Calendar

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January
Done


February
Done


March
Done


April
● Wikidata Workshop (World Book Day) - April 23
● Wiki loves Africa

May
● Edithon International Spanish Language Day

June
● Documenting Academic Biographies on Wikidata and Wikipedia June 2026
● Wikipedia Online sessions
● Wikiawarness sessions

July
● Edithon "21st Arabic Wikipedia Day" - July 11
● Wiki Automata Editathon July 2026
● "Yasser Quser" Edit Competition for Beginners
● Wikipedia Wants Photos Campaign

August
● Summer Camps July 2026 - August 2026

September
● Wiki Medicine Event (2 In-Person + 2 Online) September - November 2026

October
● Wikidata Birthday 2026 October 30
● Wikisource session

November
● They Said Campaign (Wikiquote)
● Wikiawarness sessions

December
● Edithon World Arabic Language Day December 18, 2026
● Wikimedia Egypt Conference 14th

● During the entire month
● Mega session
● Online session

Board and Staff

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Members of EGWUG Board of Trustees with staff from the Wikimedia Foundation

Board of trustees: (elected in Feb 2026)

Staff:

Organizers:

Our Members

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According to User Group's Bylaw a full member must meet the following conditions:
  • Members must be permanent residents of Egypt (nationality is irrelevant) or Egyptian citizens residing abroad.
  • They must be at least 14 years old.
  • They must have a Wikimedia account and at least 100 contributions across all projects.
  • Members must agree to abide by the group's charter, code of conduct, and internal regulations.

There are no membership fees at the moment, an if a member does not meet the first condition, he/she can obtain honorary membership.

Feel free to add your name to the interested members list by click on join button, and you can ask any questions on the discussion page.

Number of User group members now:
       74 Members

Click here to join the user group
     Join Us Now      

Keep in touch

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Website:

Emails:

Mailing List:

Social media

Facebook

Instagram

X/Twitter

Youtube

On Wikimedia projects

Wikipedia

Commons

Wikidata

Wikisource

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