Khaled Fahmy: 10 YEARS OF AL-SISI IN EGYPT

Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Khaled Fahmy


10 YEARS OF AL-SISI IN EGYPT


It was 10 years ago, when Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
appeared on TV in a military beret to announce the suspension of
Egypt’s constitution and the end of Mohamed Morsi’s presidency.
The same day, several media outlets allegedly supporting Morsi’s
party were closed and many journalists/directors arrested.
While relentlessly controlling the media, Sisi also had something
to offer. He was perceived as a devout Muslim whose political
course would lead away from the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood.
Also, parts of the population were pinning their hopes on him in
view of the country’s economic difficulties.
How did democracy, human rights and economy develop since then?
How does the West deal with Egypt and Sisi’s regime? What is
Sisi’s reaction to the most recent military-political challenges
in the region?


 Having been educated at the American University in Cairo
and the University of Oxford, and having earlier taught at
Princeton, NYU, Columbia, Harvard and Cambridge Universities,
Khaled Fahmy is an historian of the modern
Middle East with special emphasis on nineteenth century Egypt.
Currently, he is Professor at Tufts University.


Gudrun Harrer, Senior Editor at Der Standard,
Lecturer on Modern History and Politics of the Middle East,
University of Vienna and Diplomatic Academy of Vienna