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Mohamed Ali returns to slam Sisi on COVID-19 — is anyone listening?

Mohamed Ali, an Egyptian construction contractor who last year called for protests against Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has recently appeared on social media, accusing the government of failing to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
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Egyptian artist Mohamed Ali, who is also a contractor who cooperated with the military, recently made a reappearance after announcing at the beginning of the year stepping away from politics and shutting down his Facebook page. 

In video footage posted on YouTube May 24, Ali accused Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime of burdening the Egyptian people with the cost of the economic repercussions of the novel coronavirus crisis. 

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