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Items by Yehia Hamed
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Rabaa massacre proved the West will never support Egyptian democracy
August 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the worst massacre in Egypt’s history. A decade ago, the Egyptian military massacred around 1,000 Egyptians in cold blood amid protests at Cairo’s Rabaa Square. The intent was to create a new era of repression and brutality that would solidify General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s upcoming rule. Those...
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Egypt is going to crash. We must act now to limit the chaos
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started last February, countless articles have been published on the devastating impacts this war will have on wheat-importing countries in the MENA region, especially Egypt. But due to the incompetence of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s regime and the short-sightedness of his international backers, the severe deterioration of the economy...