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Umm Yasser is a female guide on Egypt’s Sinai Trail, a milestone for Bedouins.
The small and scattered demonstrations were the first popular expression of resistance to President Sisi. His government is not taking any chances.
For some Egyptians who lived through the 2011 revolution, a series of small weekend protests elicited nostalgia and a glimmer of hope for the future.
Egypt is restoring one of Tutankhamen’s coffins for the first time since its discovery in 1922, ahead of a 2020 museum opening near the Pyramids of Giza.
The dramatic courtroom collapse and death of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, has provided a stark reminder of how much his now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood movement has been reduced since the military abruptly removed him from office in 2013.
Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, imprisoned since the military removed him from office in 2013, died Monday after collapsing in court, putting the nation’s authoritarian-minded government on the defensive over his treatment in custody.
In a widely expected outcome, Egyptians have voted to amend their constitution to bolster President Abdel Fattah Sisi’s power and pave the way for the increasingly autocratic former general to stay in office until 2030, according to official results announced Tuesday evening.
In three days of voting that ends Monday, Egyptian voters appear poised to approve a package of constitutional changes that would extend President Abdel Fattah Sisi’s rule to 2030 and enhance his power over the judiciary while adding to the military’s sway over political affairs.
Egypt’s parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved constitutional amendments that tighten President Abdel Fattah Sisi’s grip on power and could keep him in office until at least 2030.
Since Ethiopia announced plans nearly a decade ago to build a massive hydroelectric dam along the Blue Nile tributary, the Egyptian government has waited in dread at the prospects that its freshwater lifeline could slow by as much as 25%.
