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It\u2019s time for the stadiums to reopen their doors to the football fans, <\/strong>Ossama El Ghazaly Harb writes in Al Ahram<\/a>. Football stadiums have been closed to the public since 2011 for safety concerns, but allowing the crowds back in, particularly now after the AFCON, would send a message to the world that Egypt is safe and stable, encouraging tourists and foreign investors to return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time for the stadiums to reopen their doors to the football fans, Ossama El Ghazaly Harb writes in Al Ahram. Football stadiums have been closed to the public since 2011 for safety concerns, but allowing the crowds back in, particularly now after the AFCON, would send a message to the world that Egypt is […]<\/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":[9411],"tags":[72,9410],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-651215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-deadline","tag-enterpriseam","tag-on-deadline","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"c92338f1-df55-4ed1-8919-dbec08564c03","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[651198],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nEgypt should allow football fans back into the stadiums - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/07\/egypt-should-allow-football-fans-back-into-the-stadiums\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egypt should allow football fans back into the stadiums\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s time for the stadiums to reopen their doors to the football fans, Ossama El Ghazaly Harb writes in Al Ahram. 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