{"id":595467,"date":"2019-09-26T04:04:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T04:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/09\/26\/the-foreign-press-are-fixated-on-mohamed-ali\/"},"modified":"2019-09-26T04:04:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T04:04:07","slug":"the-foreign-press-are-fixated-on-mohamed-ali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/09\/26\/the-foreign-press-are-fixated-on-mohamed-ali\/","title":{"rendered":"The foreign press are fixated on Mohamed Ali"},"content":{"rendered":"

The foreign press is delving deep into Egyptian whistleblower, Mohamed Ali<\/b>, following protests this past weekend widely linked to his viral allegations of misuse of public funds by the government. Ali touched a sore spot for the Egyptian population as many fall under the poverty line, several outlets suggest: The Economist<\/a>, the Financial Times<\/a>, Deutsche Welle<\/a>, and the Guardian<\/a> all have the story.<\/p>\n

Open Democracy<\/b><\/a> goes one step further,<\/b> using data to suggest that many Egyptians continue to suffer under precarity, despite the positive macro indicators that have so many economists excited. Meanwhile, the Working Group on Egypt, which describes itself as \u201ca bipartisan group of foreign affairs experts formed in 2010,\u201d is calling on US officials<\/a> to \u201cclearly state ... support for peaceful protests in Egypt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s name is also being thrown into the mix<\/b> after he dismissed the protests and praised El Sisi as a great leader during their meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Bloomberg<\/a> questions Trump for not asking El Sisi about the allegations after Trump specifically defended his right to ask foreign leaders about corruption. Meanwhile, the Jerusalem Post<\/a> contemplates whether Trump\u2019s support of El Sisi might egg protestors on.<\/p>\n

In a reminder that there are other things going on in Egypt:<\/p>\n