The war in Gaza is exacerbating Egypt’s economic collapse

But the government hopes the conflict could be its salvation


  • by CAIRO
  • 02 1, 2024
  • in Middle East and Africa

How better to boost the ego of a latter-day pharaoh than by rebuilding a pyramid? After almost a millennium bereft of its cladding, the third great pyramid of Giza is to be covered with granite tiles. The intent, say officials, is to link Egypt’s imperial past with its illustrious present under the president, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.

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