A broad interaction and a state of controversy witnessed on social media in Egypt regarding the law on granting citizenship to foreigners, despite the fact that the implementation of it began about 5 months ago, and that was preceded by the approval of Parliament last year.

A tag titled "# The People Refuse Naturalization" has been issued on the communication sites, amid controversy between supporters, opponents and cynics, without knowing the reasons for the flare-up of the issue again.

On March 14, 2020, the Official Gazette published the law on granting Egyptian nationality to foreigners in exchange for investment, after the House of Representatives approved it in July 2019, and it sparked controversy at the time because of the possibility of Israelis obtaining Egyptian nationality and owning land in Sinai.

Counselor Sameh Sidqi, executive director of the reception office for foreigners seeking Egyptian nationality, says that the office has received many applications to obtain Egyptian nationality, and so far no application has been approved due to the recent formation of the office and the requirement of 3 months to review the application.

Two days ago, during a seminar entitled "The Role of the New Law to Grant Egyptian Nationality in Attracting Foreign Investments," Sedky explained that a large number of applicants had applied to purchase real estate units in the towers to be established in the Maspero Triangle development project in central Cairo.

He indicated that he had submitted a request to the Council of Ministers to allow the granting of citizenship to owners of existing companies upon raising the capital, after receiving many requests from businessmen working in the local market.

Between categorical rejection and welcoming the brothers ... # The people refuse naturalization ignites the debate on the communication sites in # Egypt, amid calls for the abolition of the law on granting citizenship to foreigners, and accusations of racism affecting those who reject the law

Do you agree to naturalization in Egypt? pic.twitter.com/XfSIiviuTS

- Monitoring Network (@RassdNewsN) August 12, 2020

The tweeters argued about granting Egyptian nationality to foreigners, as some of them stressed refusal, stressing that Egyptians welcome residents, but without granting them the nationality, which is an acquired right only for Egyptians.

Others focused on rejecting the resettlement and naturalization of Syrian refugees in Egypt, on the pretext of competing with Egyptians for their livelihood, while some of them reached the point of racism and bullying, which others rejected.

Some of them said that naturalizing foreigners threatens Egyptian national security, especially since only Egyptians will defend and fight for Egypt.

Al-Sisi's law for naturalization is very dangerous because it will naturalize Israelis, give them Egyptian nationality, and allow them to settle in Sinai and realize their dream, and this time it will not be the occupation of Sinai, but legal settlement because they hold the Egyptian nationality, it is the great betrayal of the Egyptian people and all Arabs. #People refuse naturalization

- Omar mohamed Omar Mohamed (@ Aboda72821815) August 12, 2020

# The people refuse
to be naturalized. You can imagine, see for
yourself, read and say your opinion.
I am even though our country is open to every Arab,
our country is for everyone. Just as guests for a while
and return to their country again. I am against leaving your country and settling
in Egypt.
Come work, invest, live, and place you a crown on our head.
But it interferes in the affairs of the country, do not
settle, do not
work, sedition, not pic.twitter.com/r2wUySaEU0

- 🇪🇬 ™ ☞ © Frisa Elissi ☜ ™ 🇪🇬 (@ fares1Co0o0o0ol) August 11, 2020

# The resettlement of refugees.
The people reject naturalization. The issue has grown and gone too far. Where are the people's representatives? Where are the regulatory authorities? pic.twitter.com/R6UUg7HoKu

- $ Eslam $ (@ eslam5555595) August 11, 2020

Egypt is for the Egyptians,
no one stands and the country other than its sincere and honorable
children, we are hungry, President, and we endure as much as we can bear, and no one enters it as an investor who owns a property and takes the precious nationality with his money @AlsisiOfficial

- Lara. M. Hany 🇪🇬 (@Lara__Hany) August 11, 2020

# The people refuse to be naturalized.
I ask the government to differentiate between sheltering refugees and giving them nationality, because this will lead to their settlement on our land, and we will see what we do not consider the consequences.

- Samar.elsaftey (@ElsafteySamar) August 11, 2020

Any foreigner who wants to establish any project must have an Egyptian sponsor with a 51% partnership rate and guarantees so that the partnership is real and not a fake partnership, and the foreign partner does not have the right to formally sign the name of the company and the approved official signature of the Egyptian partner is only @AlsisiOfficial @moiegy # People_refuse_nationalization

- Masriya WBS 🇪🇬 (@ rokaa8080) August 11, 2020

# The people refuse naturalization from the mainland of the world, they are accused of taking the non-Jewish Egyptian nationality, in order to reach their dream, the state of Israel from the Nile to the Euphrates.

- Mahmoud El-Masry (@ mohamed66426481) August 11, 2020

On the other hand, tweets mocked the tag, wondering about the importance of the Egyptian nationality, which everyone is clamoring for, which raises Egyptian fears.

Others criticized what they described as racism through which some refuse to naturalize foreigners, and compared that to the eagerness of many Egyptians to obtain naturalization with European and American nationalities, and accused the refusers of contradiction in positions.

# The people refuse naturalization.
Okay, you are racists. I am an Egyptian and I have lived in Britain for 35 years, neither a British father nor a British mother, and they gave me British nationality
. pic.twitter.com/Y48OFSI66K

- I'm just wondering ????? (@ hamdyso66833332) August 12, 2020

The Egyptian government originally takes money from the Egyptians, not changing them, the nationality is for a financial fee,
and it will not get any financial benefits after what happens to the Egyptian
nationality . Why are you afraid?
The only advantage of Egyptian nationality is that we enter the zoo at a lower price than a foreign tourist. # Racism # The people refuse naturalization

- Haya (@ Haya60576714) August 12, 2020

# The people refuse naturalization
Medicine What Egyptian Perouh marries foreigners for taking the nationality, and the
Egyptians go around the countries of the world everywhere. Wax us to stay when someone comes to the land of Egypt Mandelosh nationality ????????????

- ♑️ρнɪℓσsσρнy ωσмαи (@ philosophywoma1) August 11, 2020

# The people refuse naturalization
Do you imagine that someone wants Egyptian nationality
if Egyptians do not want to sit in it pic.twitter.com/YvaeUHqPAa

- Ahmad Al-Deek (@ VkRLuF0gUGtVLsh) August 11, 2020

Al-Hash is directed more to the refugees who refuse to return to their country, knowing that Egypt has a demographic problem and that it has a lot of unemployment, as well as terrorists who are a threat to Egypt's security. #People refuse naturalization

- Amr 🇪🇬 (@ AmrHT2014) August 12, 2020