text: But Roma forward Mohamed Salah, who has been out with an ankle injury, is among the 27 names on the preliminary list.
  Arsenal's Mohamed Elneny is another of 11 foreign-based players in the squad.
  Coach Hector Cuper also handed surprise call-ups for Zamalek midfielder Mohamed Ibrahim, Al Masry striker Ahmed Gomaa and Ismaily goalkeeper Mohamed Awad.
  Only four players - Essam El-Hadary, Ahmed Elmohamady, Mohamed Abdel-Shafy and Ahmed Fathi - have played at a Nations Cup before.
  The Pharaohs will start preparations on 1 January and play a friendly match with Tunisia on 8 January in Cairo International Stadium.
  Cuper must cut four players to get his final 23-man squad for the tournament in Gabon, which will be played between 14 January and 5 February.
  Egypt are in Group D alongside Ghana, Mali and Uganda. Their opening match is against Mali on 17 January.
  Egypt squad:
  Goalkeepers: Essam El Hadary (Wadi Degla), Ahmed El Shenway (Zamalek), Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly) , Mohamed Awad (Al Ismaily).
  Defenders: Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) , Mohamed Abdel-Shafy (Al Ahly Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), Ahmed Fathi (Al Ahly),Karim Hafez (Nice, France) , Hamada Tolba (Al Masry) , Ahmed Hegazy (Al Ahly) , Saad Samir (Al Ahly) , Ahmed Dweidar (Zamalek), Omar Gaber (FC Basel, Switzerland) , Ali Gabr (Zamalek).
  Midfielders: Abdallah El-Said (Al Ahly) , Amr Warda  (Panetolikos, Greece) , Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) , Tarek Hamed (Zamalek) , Ibrahim Salah (Zamalek) , Mahmoud Hassan 'Trezeguet' , Mohamed Ibrahim (Zamalek) , Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City).
  Forwards: Ahmed Gomaa (Al Masry) , Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim 'Kahraba' (Ittihad Jeddeh) , Mohamed Salah (AS Roma, Italy) ,  Ahmed Hassan 'Koka' (Braga, Portugal) , Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly).
target: Zamalek striker Basem Morsi has been excluded from Egypt's squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after falling out with the coaching staff.