Coup leader unmasked
Since the Egyptian military ousted the democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi last month, following protests across the country, posters of Egypt’s de facto leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, have become more ubiquitous on Cairo streets than Sphinx souvenirs.
The head of the army stares out from café walls and the windows of government buildings, the red and the gold of his uniform remaining bright, even as the features of his face fade under the relentless sun. “He is the one we can trust,” read some of the posters. Others call him “the eagle of the Arabs”.
