As Egypt returns to normal operations following the revolution that saw the end of Hosni Mubarak’s regime, the country is faced with an age old problem: PA Arabs who seek Egyptian citizenship.

According to a report on Tuesday on the Al-Arabiya television network, a group of Palestinian Authority Arabs who started a Facebook page called “The Palestinians are related to Egypt and have the right to receive Egyptian citizenship”, have turned over a request to Egypt's interior minister, Mansour el-Essawy, asking to receive Egyptian citizenship.

The report noted that the minister announced that he would present the request to the Council of Ministers to make a decision in the case.

In the past, Egyptian mothers who are married to PA Arabs had referred a request to the Supreme Council of the armed forces, the Prime Minister, the Interior Minister, and to the Director of the Ministry of Immigration and Nationality, to implement a law that was enacted in 2004 and would grant Egyptian citizenship to their sons.

The mothers demanded that the law be implemented immediately and urgently, after a delay going on seven years. According to this law, Egyptian citizenship would be accepted by issuing a formal request from the Immigration and Nationality Ministry, without the need to open a file in an administrative court.