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Egypt Security Sector Report

Will repression and stagnation continue in 2025?

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Hossam el-Hamalawy
Dec 30, 2024
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As this year comes to an end, the most populous Arab country remains a stagnant mammoth with a slowly rotting political order, lacking domestic legitimacy and kept alive only by a continuous lifeline of cash from the West and Arab Gulf states who fear the repercussions of the Egyptian regime’s implosion.

The year started with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who i…

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