![Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) stands with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during a welcoming ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 23, 2017. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - RTS13IR3](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2017/05/RTS13IR3.jpg/RTS13IR3.jpg?h=6709aba9&itok=e7SLlh1-)
Abdelrahman Youssef is an Egyptian independent journalist, focusing on religious movements, political affairs and macro economic issues. He has worked as a field journalist in many conflict zones, including the Sinai and Gaza, and is now writing for Al-Ahram Center for Political & Strategic Studies, Al-Bursa, Daily News Egypt and El-Badil in Egypt, as well as for organizations outside the country such as Al-Jazeera Network, the Carnegie Endowment’s Sada, the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Al-Modon, and Al-Araby al-Jadeed. He has previously written for publications including Al-Shorouk, Egypt Independent and the Lebanese Al-Akhbar. On Twitter: @Abdoyoussef
![Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) stands with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during a welcoming ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 23, 2017. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - RTS13IR3](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2017/05/RTS13IR3.jpg/RTS13IR3.jpg?h=6709aba9&itok=e7SLlh1-)
![A defendant, who is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, shouts solgans against the Interior Ministery during the trial of brotherhood members for their armed sit-in at Rabaa square, at a court on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTX2F12V](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2017/05/RTX2F12V.jpg/RTX2F12V.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=lrlwcHil)
![Supporters of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gather outside the White House prior to his arrival for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX33VYB](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2017/04/RTX33VYB.jpg/RTX33VYB.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=vpMSgfzB)
![Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi hold pictures of him as they react after the Egyptian army's statement was read out on state TV, at the Raba El-Adwyia mosque square in Cairo July 3, 2013. Egypt's armed forces overthrew elected Islamist President Mursi on Wednesday and announced a political transition with the support of a wide range of political, religious and youth leaders. A statement published in Mursi's name on his official Facebook page after head of](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/07/RTX11BR4.jpg/RTX11BR4.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=BMGoDdKG)
![Amr Darrag, member of Egypt's National Alliance to Support the Electoral Legitimacy, speaks during a news conference in Cairo July 29, 2013. Europe's top diplomat Catherine Ashton pressed Egypt's rulers on Monday to step back from a growing confrontation with the Muslim Brotherhood of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, two days after 80 of his supporters were gunned down in Cairo. Raising the prospect of more bloodshed, the Muslim Brotherhood said it would march again on Monday evening on Interior Mi](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/05/RTX1248Z.jpg/RTX1248Z.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=-Q02byGC)
![Boats sail on the river Nile in Cairo June 12, 2013. Most of Egypt's population live clustered around the Nile valley and delta, and the river is both a vital resource for the country's citizens, and a potent national symbol. In a recent dispute with Ethiopia over the construction of a dam upstream, Egypt's foreign minister Mohamed Kamel Amr underlined the country's reliance on the river's waters: "No Nile - no Egypt," he said. Picture taken June 12, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS SOCIET](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/07/RTX112VR.jpg/RTX112VR.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=bzhG52m0)
![Egyptian security forces and emergency personnel inspect the bus at the site of a road accident in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on May 31, 2013 which left four Mexican tourists killed. Seventeen tourists, all Mexican, were injured in the crash, South Sinai's governor told AFP, adding that two were in critical condition. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/05/169715414-001.jpg/169715414-001.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=kKO9z1B8)
![Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi (2nd R) meets with Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed (3rd R) during the African Union (AU) leaders' meeting in Addis Ababa July 16, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Mouty/Egyptian Presidency/Handout (ETHIOPIA - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RTR34ZTB](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/04/RTR34ZTB.jpg/RTR34ZTB.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=7wfoIV8E)
![Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi (R) greets Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki before the opening of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Cairo February 6, 2013. Leaders of Islamic nations called for a negotiated end to Syria's civil war at a summit in Cairo that began on Wednesday, thrusting Egypt's new Islamist president to centre stage amid political and economic turbulence at home. REUTERS/Egyptian Presidency/Handout (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVI](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/03/RTR3DEZ4.jpg/RTR3DEZ4.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=m9324GJY)