Egypt: A Reading of the ‘Galabiya Protests’

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies

Author(s): Asmaa Shokr

Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-a-reading-of-the-galabiya-protests/

The public opinion, both at home and abroad, has recently been preoccupied with the Egyptian issue after a whole week of the demonstrations that erupted in several Egyptian governorates and villages, demanding the departure of Sisi and his regime, due to the deterioration of living conditions resulting from many political and economic crises, especially after the government’s move to raze people’s homes under the pretext of being built without a building permit or constructed on agricultural land, mostly the homes of the low-income people in rural areas and in urban slums surrounding large cities.

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