Since protesters ousted President Mubarak, there has been a sharp increase in the number of request by Americans wanting to teach English in Egypt. On February 18, 2011 The U.S. Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens to defer non-essential travel to Egypt.
Egypt's new Prime Minister Essam Sharaf plans to meet the protesters demands of a reform movement. Sharaf earned a master's degree in civil engineering in 1980, and then received his doctorate from Purdue in 1984. Afterward he became a faculty member at Cairo University, where he has continued to teach since.
As for the rise is request to teach English in Egypt, American TESOL Institute director Jonathan Lazarus states, "That's great Americans are becoming more interested in teaching English in Egypt, however, a climate of economic stability needs to be re-established first."