Maher Moustafa calls his decrepit neighborhood in Cairo the “street of tragedy.” When he’s in a bad mood, he just calls it “Egypt.”
Largely home-bound by diabetes, the 50-year-old ex-teacher spends his days watching neighbors in the Basateen district from a fourth-floor window. Some suffer from ailments like his. Most, he says, have slumped from euphoria after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster to despair under President Mohamed Mursi. “I wish things had even stayed the same, but they’ve got worse,” Moustafa said. “Mursi sold out this country for the votes of his party.”
Egypt will mark tomorrow’s second anniversary of the uprising the same way it began, with mass protests. This time Mursi will be the target, accused of sidelining judges and pushing through an Islamist constitution to consolidate the Muslim Brotherhood’s hold on power.
Cairo Slum-Dwellers Despair of Mursi on Uprising Anniversary - Bloomberg
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