Sisi's coup closes the Egyptian spring
2013 · Event
A year after Egypt's first free presidential election, the army removes the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi amid vast protests against him — and the following month kills over 800 of his supporters in a single day at Rabaa. Field Marshal Sisi takes the presidency Mubarak lost; where the spring began most hopefully, the wheel turns fully back.
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