Listen 0:00 / 0:00 − 1.0x + Default Ready A few days ago, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued a sudden decision to stop granting food subsidies cards to newly married couples, declaring that the subsidy has been the reason for the state’s decades-long delay toward development. Unfortunately, this decision was preceded four months ago by a similar decision to cut the subsidies for bread, thereby increasing the price of the commodity, which is a staple food for Egypt’s poor. The president seemed – as usual – very upset about the size of the burdens borne by the government and demanded the country’s poor – as usual – to bear the costs stemming from the removal of subsidies. This they are … Continue reading Egypt’s Sisi leads a luxurious life despite austerity measures