Egypt syndicates withdraw financial aid to revolution victims
Egypt's professional syndicates are being cleansed of pro-Muslim Brotherhood boards and no longer delivering payments to those who were injured or lost family members in the revolution.
CAIRO — Abdel-Rahman Ahmed was shot dead on Oct. 6, 2013, during a Muslim Brotherhood protest. He marched against deposed President Hosni Mubarak's regime in 2011 and then joined the Brotherhood after the military takeover six months ago.
Ahmed was a third-year engineering student at Cairo University. "Abdel-Rahman always wanted to be an engineer," his veiled mother weeps, telling of his plans to study in Germany, get a master's degree, then a doctorate. "But then the state came and took that dream away."
