#Pet Shop Watch Egypt
Carrying a black briefcase, Leila Gheita charges past several stacks of bird and kitten cages into the small Greenview pet shop in Maadi on a Thursday night in May. The 25-year-old animal rights activist is carrying a printed list of demands written in Arabic and English. “Remember me?” She asks the shop owner, “I was here last Tuesday.” He remembers. Gheita and the small hoard of animal lovers following her—a group of roughly 20 expats and Egyptians, which includes children…
