Mayda Youssef
(Political Analyst based in Cairo, Egypt)
Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 24 June 2015
Introduction
Following the assassination of President Anwar Sadat in 1981, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak took office ruling under emergency law.
Mubarak ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years during which the population grew by 90% from 45 million to 85 million according to the UN. The vast majority of Egyptians live in the limited area near the Nile River banks, which is an area about 40,000 square kilometers, where the only arable land is found and competing with the need of human habitations...Read more