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Soccer match to test Egypt’s shift from street to parliamentary politics

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James M. Dorsey
Aug 29, 2012
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Egyptian military patrols soccer match (Source: Reuters)

By James M. Dorsey

Egypt is testing with a partial lifting of a ban on fans attending soccer matches whether the country after 18 months of political volatility, including violent protests before and after last year’s ousting of president Hosni Mubarak that led to the republic’s first free elections…

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