{"id":624335,"date":"2018-09-05T04:01:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T04:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/09\/05\/why-are-we-letting-utes-run-governorates\/"},"modified":"2018-09-05T04:01:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T04:01:39","slug":"why-are-we-letting-utes-run-governorates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/09\/05\/why-are-we-letting-utes-run-governorates\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are we letting \u2018utes run governorates?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why are we letting \u2018utes run governorates? <\/strong>We\u2019ve spent decades making fun of the definition of \u201cyouth\u201d in Egyptian politics, where anyone a day south of 65 is a \u2018ute<\/a><\/u>. And now that the president has appointed (relatively) young governors, Mohamed Amin helpfully writes for Al Masry Al Youm<\/a><\/u> that these \u201cyoung\u201d governors really should have done some time as local officials before being given governorates to run that they could have \u201cin-field experience\u201d to leaven out their \u201ctheoretical background\u201d in local affairs. And, of course, they\u2019re going to need lots of briefings about local issues\u2026 You get the point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why are we letting \u2018utes run governorates? We\u2019ve spent decades making fun of the definition of \u201cyouth\u201d in Egyptian politics, where anyone a day south of 65 is a \u2018ute. 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