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احمد فؤاد

A pedestrian walks past a currency exchange shop and street stalls after Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took more than 90 percent of the vote in a presidential election, according to provisional results, in Cairo, May 29, 2014. The stock market, which fell 2.3 percent on Wednesday as some players said the turnout was a disappointment, was down two percent by midday on Thursday. On the black market, the Egyptian pound weakened slightly.REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS

إشارات إلى احتدام الحرب الباردة بين السيسي ورجال الأعمال

Ahmed Fouad

A member of the presidential guards a military helicopter of former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as he boards it after swearing in as Egypt's new president in a ceremony at the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo June 8, 2014. Sisi was sworn in as president of Egypt on Sunday in a ceremony with low-key attendance by Western allies concerned by a crackdown on dissent since he ousted Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi last year. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3SQ85

لواء مخابرات حربيّة: تشديد الرّقابة على الإسلاميّين المجنّدين في الجيش المصريّ

Ahmed Fouad

A protester covers his face as he stands in front of tear gas during clashes with riot police along a road at Kornish El Nile which leads to the U.S. embassy, near Tahrir Square in Cairo September 15, 2012. Clashes near the U.S. Embassy in central Cairo between police and Egyptians incensed over a film denigrating the Prophet Mohammad entered their fourth day early on Saturday, leaving one protester dead and dozens more injured. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) - R

الملحدون... أكثر الفئات غموضاً بالنّسبة إلى الدّولة

Ahmed Fouad

A man sleeps in front of a mosque on a street in Islamic Cairo May 19, 2014. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih(EGYPT - Tags: SOCIETY) - RTR3PW46

هل تحتكر السلطة الخطاب الديني لضرب السلفيين في البرلمان بقانون الخطابة؟

Ahmed Fouad

Egyptians gather outside the presidential palace to celebrate former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's victory in the presidential vote in Cairo June 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3SF4Z

"سيسي ميتر": مؤيدي الرئيس ينتظرون وعود اقتصادية بسيطة ببرامج طويلة المدى في خطابه الأول

Ahmed Fouad

A National Democratic Party (NDP) sign is seen in front of their burned headquarters in downtown Cairo January 31, 2011. Protesters intensified their campaign on Monday to force Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to quit as world leaders struggled to find a solution to a crisis that has torn up the Middle East political map. The sign reads "in order to be confident about the future of your children". REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXXBNJ

هل يستغل رموز "الحزب الوطني" السيسي والإخوان للعودة إلى الحياة السياسيّة؟

Ahmed Fouad

People queue for subsidised bread at a bakery that uses smart card payment system in the Suez Canal city of Port Said, 170 km (106 miles) northeast of Cairo, February 24, 2014. A device resembling a credit card swiper is revolutionizing some of Egypt's politically explosive bread lines and may help achieve the impossible -- cutting crippling food import bills. Authorities who hope to avoid protests over subsidized loaves sold for the equivalent of one U.S. cent have turned to smart cards to try to manage th

التقشّف.. خطّة السيسي لإعادة توزيع الثروة أم استمرار لخطاب الأنظمة السابقة؟

Ahmed Fouad

A student and supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi gestures with the sign "Rabaa", or "Four", in front of a burning car during a protest inside Cairo University, in Cairo, March 9, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION) - RTR3GBFP

إعادة التأهيل والصفقات والخداع... وسائل تعيد إخوان مصر إلى الحياة السياسيّة

Ahmed Fouad

People listen to a speech by Egyptian Cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, during Friday prayers before a protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at Al Azhar mosque in old Cairo December 28, 2012. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) - RTR3BY3B

تخوفات من سيطرة الدولة على الخطاب الديني بعد خطبة الجمعة الموحدة

Ahmed Fouad

A supporter of Egypt's army chief General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi hugs his poster during celebrations of the third anniversary of Egypt's uprising, in front of El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo January 25, 2014. Egyptian police fired live rounds in the air to disperse about 1,000 anti-government protesters in central Cairo on Saturday, a Reuters witness said, amid fears of violence on the anniversary of the 2011 revolt that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak. The poster reads "al-Sisi is my president." REUTERS

المنافسون المتوقعون للسيسي يجمعون: السيسي هو الفائز بالرئاسة إن قرر الترشح.. و"الرئاسة أولا" تدعم موقفه

Ahmed Fouad

القوى السياسية تختلف على الاحتفال والتظاهر في الذكرى الثالثة لـ25 يناير ويجمعون على توقع الدماء

Ahmed Fouad

Judge Moustafa Mohammed Salama gestures while speaking during the trial of Muslim Brotherhood leaders in a courtroom in Cairo December 11, 2013. Prominent members of the Brotherhood were arrested in a state crackdown on the group following the army overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi and are charged with perpetrating violence during July's clashes. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) - RTX16DUD

محاكمة مرسي: الأدلة نسبيّة واطمئنان القضاة يحسم مصير المتهمين

Ahmed Fouad