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David Awad, an Egyptian journalist, began his career as a trainee at Al-Ahram al-Ektesady and then moved to Radio Mubashir al-Ektesady as a producer. Awad focuses on economics, media and the arts.
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![SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT - APRIL 03: A man walks in front of a new hotel under construction in Nabq district on April 3, 2016 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Prior to the Arab Spring in 2011 some 15million tourists would visit Egypt each year. The resort town of Sharm El Sheikh was built around tourism however tourist numbers have plummeted after recent terrorist attacks with flights from major UK carriers being suspended and foreign offices around the world warning citizens of the 'High threat from terrorism' Sha](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2021/02/GettyImages-519095010.jpg/GettyImages-519095010.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=hPINSEbq)
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![Sudanese dockers unload bags of sorgham (cereal) from one of two US ships carrying humanitarian aid supplies provided by the US development agency USAID, at Port Sudan on the red sea coast on June 5, 2018. - The United States is the largest single donor to the world food program in Sudan and regularly distributes food aid to the East African country. This shipment will be distributed to over a million Sudanese who are in need of assistance. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo credit should read AS](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2021/01/GettyImages-967619250.jpg/GettyImages-967619250.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=gsTyy7Hj)
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![TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY RIYAD ABU AWADA picture shows the polluted Great Temple of Ptah in the Mit Rahina village (Memphis) near Giza, 35 kms south of Cairo, on October 26, 2010 where the archaeological sites are drowning with sewage, groundwater and garbage. AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2020/11/GettyImages-108636112.jpg/GettyImages-108636112.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=emC0oeuY)
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![The photo shows a physical imitation of a Bitcoin in Dortmund, western Germany, on January 27, 2020. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2020/09/GettyImages-1196862981.jpg/GettyImages-1196862981.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=Kp8_k_M3)
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