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The Dig Presents: A Garden in Cairo

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The Disempowerment of Egyptians

Sito and her neighbors are grappling with a new sense of disempowerment. In the past ten years, the circle of Egyptians struggling to stay afloat has widened significantly. Since 2016, the government has devalued the currency multiple times as a condition of receiving loans from the IMF. The price of some basic goods like eggs and milk has quadrupled.

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