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#Alaa Abdel-Aziz

Several weeks ago, President Morsi appointed a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Alaa Abdel-Aziz, as Minister of Culture. Initially, this sparked concerns that the Muslim Brotherhood intended to 'purge' Egypt's cultural scene by installing Islamists into influential positions in the Ministry. These concerns were quickly dismissed by the government as absurd. Yet in just few weeks, the new Minister has fired the heads of the Cairo Opera House, the Fine Arts Sector and the Egyptian General Book Authority. The Minister…