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Africa North
Exhausted Egyptians Count Cost Of Political Turmoil
2013-01-11
In which reality bites the Egyptians.
[Maan] These days, craftsmen, shopkeepers and other inhabitants of the Egyptian Delta town of Zagazig are often too busy making ends meet to ponder why life seems to be getting harder every day.

But when, exhausted, they finally come home and sit down to their evening meal, conversations inevitably turn to growing hardship and the frightening prospect of cuts in food subsidies as the economy slides further into crisis.

With their patience already stretched after years of upheaval, Egyptians - from the capital Cairo to smaller towns like Zagazig - appear to be nearing the point where discontent could explode into a new wave of unrest.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Must have zigged when they should have zagged.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2013-01-11 12:37  

#2  Pray all this unrest and exhaustion doesn't shut down the papers factory: stoner nightmare.
Posted by: 2sealys   2013-01-11 09:45  

#1  Don't like it now? Wait 'till you're exhausted, hungry and broke.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-01-11 01:40  

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