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CAIRO — On June 21, an Egyptian administrative court issued several unexpected rulings that mostly oppose the general trend that has prevailed in the political administration of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s presidency. Chief among these was the quashing of the controversial maritime border demarcation agreement under which Egypt ceded the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia.
The court also annulled the decision to freeze the funds of retired soccer star Mohamed Aboutrika — on charges of funding the Muslim Brotherhood — as well as those of Pakinam al-Sharqawi, who was the assistant to ousted former President Mohammed Morsi.
