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Poverty is rising in Egypt and economic policies have done little to improve the lives of ordinary Egyptians<\/strong>, Edmund Bower writes for The Independent<\/a>. \u201cThe increase of prices across the country has meant that Egyptians who were once just about getting by are now slipping deeper into poverty.\u201d Bower says that despite rising poverty rates nationwide, \u201cthe president retains real support, surprisingly, even among those struggling to survive in the current climate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Poverty is rising in Egypt and economic policies have done little to improve the lives of ordinary Egyptians, Edmund Bower writes for The Independent. \u201cThe increase of prices across the country has meant that Egyptians who were once just about getting by are now slipping deeper into poverty.\u201d Bower says that despite rising poverty rates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7233],"tags":[2386,72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-631063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egypt-in-the-news","tag-egypt-in-the-news","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"acc659ef-a0a4-4f09-8602-84e8d33f3276","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"17bdfebd-f792-47e0-96ed-696dd5dfa88b","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[631042],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nPoverty rates increasing in Egypt, Bower writes - 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