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Cairo is a city conflicted as it grapples with these early months of the global covid-19 <\/strong>outbreak. <\/strong>Not entirely on lockdown, it\u2019s not far from approaching it either. Hamza Hendawi captures in the National<\/a> this teeming metropolis as it tries to go about business as usual while contending with unfamiliar safety measures and a gut punch to the economy.<\/p>\n

Also making the rounds of the international press was the <\/strong>release<\/a><\/strong> of 14 critics of the <\/strong>government on Thursday<\/strong>, including political activist Shady el-Ghazaly Harb, amid calls by activists<\/a> and rights groups<\/a> for action including release of those in pre-trial detention for non-violent offenses before covid-19 spreads in the nation\u2019s jails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cairo is a city conflicted as it grapples with these early months of the global covid-19 outbreak. Not entirely on lockdown, it\u2019s not far from approaching it either. 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