Aboutreika: Bridging Egyptian polarization or signalling a shift in attitudes?

Fans choreograph Mohammed Aboutreika

By James M. Dorsey

Few are able to bridge Egypt’s deeply polarizing divide between supporters and opponents of the Muslim Brotherhood following the 2013 military coup that toppled President Mohammed Morsi. Mohammed Aboutreika, Egypt’s most celebrated and storied soccer player, is proving to be either the exception that…