Soccer is Politics (JMD in The American Interest)
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Published on: November 21, 2015
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
Why Egypt’s repressive regime considers soccer fans one
of its biggest threats.
A
hmed (not his real name) is an Egyptian soccer fan
—and a fugitive. He has been expelled from
university, convicted twice in absentia, and sentenced
to two long terms in prison. He mov…