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The unusually quiet and dark streets of Cairo are catching the attention of the <\/strong>international press. <\/strong>Reuters<\/a> and the Associated Press<\/a> are both out with pieces interviewing cafe and shop owners and workers to get the on-the-ground reaction to the government\u2019s decision to shut select businesses early to tackle rising energy costs and potential energy shortages. Since Saturday, shops, malls, restaurants, and cafes have been forced to close at 9pm on weekdays and 10pm on Thursdays and Fridays.<\/p>\n

Small customer-facing businesses are already feeling the hit<\/strong>, with one cafe owner telling the AP that early closing cutting off the establishment\u2019s peak hours has been \u201cruinous,\u201d forcing him to cut 40% of his 35-strong workforce. Another cafe owner interviewed by Reuters said staff are now alternating shifts to manage reduced working hours, while the manager of an accessories store said that revenues have halved while costs remained. \u201cYou still have employees, rent, electricity and water bills... and there are taxes,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Small customer-facing businesses are already feeling the hit, with one cafe owner telling the AP that early closing, which cuts off the establishment\u2019s peak hours, has been \u201cruinous\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":691028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","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":[104,2386,93,72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-691027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-egypt-in-the-news","tag-economy","tag-egypt-in-the-news","tag-energy","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"39037270-4c9b-4937-af63-d08caf86c9e1","order":"8","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/4\/19.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Cairo feels the pinch of early closing hours","related_issue":[691016],"teaser":"Small customer-facing businesses are already feeling the hit, with one cafe owner telling the AP that early closing, which cuts off the establishment\u2019s peak hours, has been \u201cruinous\u201d"},"yoast_head":"\nEarly closing hours pile pressure on cafes and shops - 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