Well, Egypt now has a third candidate in the Presidential race, besides Field Marshal Sisi, and Hamdeen Sabahi: lawyer Mortada Mansour. And he's outspoken: "Presidential hopeful Mansour 'will declare war on Ethiopia,' ban alcohol, social media."
OK: He's running to make sure people vote for Sisi, right?
The only cure is more Nasser. http://arabist.net/blog/2014/4/9/sisi-vs-sabbahi
ReplyDeleteConflating Sissy with Nasser is like listening to Nancy Ajram and thinking you hear Umm Kulthum.
ReplyDeleteThere was only one Nasser, and that was enough, but I do find the Sisi/Sabahi "I'm more Nasser than you are" thing interesting. Sisi does the style thing and Sabahi the ideology.
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