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Egypt's Modern Pharaohs: Episode 3

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Egypt's Modern Pharaohs

08/02/2016 GMT

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Egypt's Modern Pharaohs explores how Egypt's past has shaped its present.

From Gamal Nasser, to Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak - Egypt's Modern Pharaohs explores how Egypt's past has shaped its present.

Egypt has seen turbulent times. After the toppling of President Mubarak in 2011, elections followed and Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood won a narrow victory to become President. But three years later the country was back under the rule of a military strong man - General al Sisi - and Morsi in prison sentenced to death. This tussle between the Army and Islamist politics is not new. From Gamal Nasser, to Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak - Egypt's Modern Pharaohs explores how Egypt's past has shaped its present.

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Egypt has seen turbulent times. After the toppling of President Mubarak in 2011, elections followed and Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood won a narrow victory to become President. But three years later the country is back under the rule of a military strong man - General al Sisi - and Morsi is in prison sentenced to death.This tussle between the Army and Islamist politics is not new. From Gamal Nasser, to Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak - Egypt's Modern Pharaohs explores how Egypt's past has shaped its present.

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