Seven Years After Arab Spring, Egypt Faces Fresh Political Challenge

Seven years after ebullient crowds demonstrated in Cairo's Tahrir Square to overthrow longtime President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt's second revolution in 60 years, the country is facing more sober political, economic and security choices, as it prepares for a fresh presidential election in March. That vote will be, for the most part, a referendum on the popularity of incumbent President Abdel Fattah el Sissi. In January 2011, as the Egyptian public's new-found enthusiasm...

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