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Hafsa Halawa: Egypt's Economic Turmoil 

Babel: Translating the Middle East

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The Importance of Internalization in Egypt

I've never seen the country collectively in such distress and real fear about what is to come. The Egyptians have always been very proud it comes back again to this on the New Year internalization amongst them that they are different from other nations. I think people have looked now more deeply at the crises that have unfolded economically in countries like Turkey, Lebanon, and they're really, really afraid. There's only one thing people care about fix the economy. It's all anyone can talk about. What I'm struck by is the lack of urgency that seems to be coming in terms of messaging the government. To have a government that is becoming so disconnected to its people is majorly concerning.

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