January 28, 2015
Why Egyptians Have Accepted Sisi’s Rule—for Now
On the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the uprising that overthrew Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, it seems to a casual observer that little has changed. In fact, writes Eric Trager, the years of upheaval have further eroded Egypt’s fragile social and political system; yet, for the time being, Egyptians prefer the continued rule of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to the alternatives: