In war against atheism, Egypt targets cafes - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Ahmed Fouad

Jan 2, 2015

A man delivers coffee in a cafe near Tahrir square in Cairo, February 9, 2011. Egyptians counted the economic cost of more than two weeks of turmoil on Wednesday as re-invigorated protesters flocked again to Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand President Hosni Mubarak quit immediately. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS) - RTXXNDD — A man delivers coffee in a cafe near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Feb. 9, 2011. — REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

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