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Why Sisi Should Be Egypt’s Next President

April 16, 2014
Sisi mania has swept Egypt since the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi [Credit: Tara Todras-Whitehill for the New York Times]

By Farida Ezzat, contributor, EgyptianStreets.com With two revolutions in the last three years, sky-rocketing unemployment rates, a deteriorating economy and national security threats, Egypt is barely holding on. Months after the 25th of January revolution, Egyptians experienced the aftermath of the mass protests that brought down a dictatorship that had descended from one military leader to the next. Shortly after the toppling of former President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians realized that the road to democracy and stability will not be a walk in the park. In fact, terrorist insurgency and a stock market currently built for disaster mark as a reminder for Egyptians the price they have to pay for democracy. Today, eight months after Egypt’s second revolution, Egyptians have caught the famous Sisi-Mania, with citizens, politicians, military leaders, government officials and even friendly allies supporting former Field Marshall and Presidential Candidate, Abdel-Fattah El Sisi. Sisi, who has been regarded as Egypt’s ‘hero’ and ‘savior’, successfully managed to win the respect and admiration of Egyptians through assisting millions of anti-Morsi and anti-Islamist Egyptians oust former President Mohamed Morsi on June 30th, 2013: a day that went down in history as Egypt’s…


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