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(To be published in Arabic for Arabi21) Any would-be militant group in Egypt, or elsewhere, finds immediately that it needs funding. Fighters need weapons and ammunition, they need equipment, they need places to stay, they need food; and obviously, they cannot really hold down a steady job to fund their armed activities. The exciting, dramatic,…

You should take note of the fact that the international media appears to be eager to promote the idea of “terrorist” violence in Egypt. The BBC apparently reported a mundane scuffle at the Bella Vista hotel in Hurghada as a dramatic terrorist operation by Da’esh supporters. The indication here is that, since this is not…