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18 March 2015

Egypt’s activists face an impossible choice

Forced to choose between an Islamist and an ex-general, optimism is fading among Egypt's young.

By Ian Lucas

I could see the tears in her eyes.

“We must go back to the streets. The revolution did not happen for this.”

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