Ka cika wannan magana: Masar ta zamani ta samo asali ne daga shekara ta 1922, sa'ad da ta sami 'yancin kai daga Daular Burtaniya a matsayin masarauta. Bayan juyin juya halin 1952, Masar ta ayyana kanta a matsayin jamhuriya, kuma a 1958 ta haɗu da Siriya don kafa Jamhuriyar Larabawa ta Larabawa, wanda aka rushe a 1961. A cikin rabin rabin karni na 20, Misira ta jimre da rikice-rikice na zamantakewa da na addini da rashin zaman lafiya na siyasa, ta yi gwagwarmaya da rikice-rikice da yawa tare da Isra'ila a 1948,
1956, 1967 da 1973, da kuma mamaye Gaza Strip lokaci-lokaci har zuwa 1967. A shekarar 1978, Masar ta rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar Camp David, ta janye daga yankin Gaza kuma ta amince da Isra'ila. Kasar ta ci gaba da fuskantar kalubale, daga rikice-rikicen siyasa, gami da juyin juya halin 2011 da ya biyo baya, zuwa ta'addanci da rashin ci gaban tattalin arziki. Gwamnatin Masar ta yanzu, wata jamhuriya ce ta shugaban kasa ta bayyana ta da wasu masu sa ido a matsayin mai iko ko jagorancin mulkin mallaka, wanda ke da alhakin ci gaba da rikicin rikicin kare hakkin dan adam na kasar.