page_title: Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Prince Farouk, heir to the Egyptian throne, wearing the Scout uniform. العربية: الأمير فاروق ولي العهد يرتدي الزي الخاص بجماعة الكشافة.
context_page_description: The Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides is the national Scouting and Guiding federation of Egypt. Scouting was founded in 1914 and was among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922, while nominally independent from Britain. Guiding started in 1913 and became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1931. The EFSGG serves 79,611 Scouts and 92,000 Guides.
context_section_description: The first Scout group was founded in Alexandria, brought to Egypt by the British during their occupation. 
  Mohamed Ali Hafez served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1957 to 1963 and again from 1965 to 1971.
  In 1965, Hafez was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. Other recipients include Aziz Osman Bakir in 1971, John M. Lioufis in 1978, and Gamal Khashaba in 1982.
caption: Prince Farouk held the rank of First Scout of Egypt
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