Three out of four Egyptians are under 40, and more than two out of three are under 35. With the government’s most important leader, Field Marshal Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi, retracing the 60-year-old footsteps of former President Gamal Abdel Nasser; even flying to Moscow last week to try to restart arms deals that were last seen at the height of the Cold War, young bloggers and activists are complaining that they feel caught in a time warp. *** Even Egyptian popular culture is stuck in a decades-old rut, he argued: People are still laughing at the clownish comedian Adel Imam, now 73; still listening to the pop heartthrob Amr Diab, now 53; and still admiring retouched magazine photographs of the glamorous actress Yousra, now 58. nytimes/2014/02/17/world/middleeast/a-chasm-grows-between-young-and-old-in-egypt.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20140217&_r=0
Posted on: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:33:30 +0000
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