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Egypt syndicates withdraw financial aid to revolution victims

Egypt's professional syndicates are being cleansed of pro-Muslim Brotherhood boards and no longer delivering payments to those who were injured or lost family members in the revolution.
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi pray on the street during a protest against the military and interior ministry around Ain Shams square in east Cairo February 7, 2014. Two explosive devices detonated on Friday near a police checkpoint in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, wounding six people, the government and security sources said. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh  (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX18CZM

CAIRO — Abdel-Rahman Ahmed was shot dead on Oct. 6, 2013, during a Muslim Brotherhood protest. He marched against deposed President Hosni Mubarak's regime in 2011 and then joined the Brotherhood after the military takeover six months ago.

Ahmed was a third-year engineering student at Cairo University. "Abdel-Rahman always wanted to be an engineer," his veiled mother weeps, telling of his plans to study in Germany, get a master's degree, then a doctorate. "But then the state came and took that dream away."

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