The ruining of Egypt
Repression and the incompetence of Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi are stoking the next uprising
IN EGYPT they are the shabab al-ahawe, “coffee-shop guys”; in Algeria they are the hittistes, “those who lean with their backs to the wall”; in Morocco they go by the French term, diplômés chômeurs, “graduate-jobless”. Across the Arab world the ranks of the young and embittered are swelling.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “The ruining of Egypt”
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