What is .مصر?
IANA delegated .مصر on May 5, 2010, as part of the effort to let people use domain names entirely in their own script.
A little context on Egypt: the capital is Cairo, the main language is Arabic, the currency is the Egyptian pound (EGP) and the international dialing code is +20.
Next door on the map, you'll find .il for Israel, .ly for Libya, .ps for Palestine and .sd for Sudan.
IANA lists National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority - NTRA as the manager of .مصر, with an address in Egypt. ccTLD managers set their own policies — who can register, which second-level names exist, pricing to registrars — so those rules differ from country to country.
Under the hood, the root zone points to 4 name servers for .مصر, none of them with an IPv6 address. The delegation is DNSSEC-signed, so resolvers can verify that answers for .مصر haven't been tampered with on the way.
Egypt also has another country-code domain in the root zone: .eg.
.مصر FAQ
What country is .مصر?
.مصر is the country-code top-level domain for Egypt, in Northern Africa.
Who owns the .مصر domain?
IANA lists National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority - NTRA as the manager of .مصر: it runs the registry and sets the rules for Egypt's ccTLD. Individual .مصر names belong to whoever registers them.
Can I register a .مصر domain from the US?
It depends on National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority - NTRA's policy. Some ccTLDs are open to anyone in the world, while others require a local address, company or trademark. Check the registry or an accredited registrar before you buy.
Is .مصر DNSSEC-signed?
Yes. The root zone has a DS record for .مصر, so DNSSEC validation works all the way down from the root.
How is .مصر written in the DNS?
As the ASCII "A-label" xn--wgbh1c. Browsers convert it back to .مصر for display.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed July 25, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
