Through the revolution,many Egyptians sought to remake the state. Now Sisi is trying to remake the people’s identity by exploiting divisionAlmost 1000 years ago, under the Fatimid caliphate, and which at its height stretched from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian peninsula in the east,a potter sat down in his workshop in Cairo and made a bowl. The techniques he used – from the shape of the clay to the metallic glaze and lustre decoration applied after firing – were distinctly Islamic. The priest he painted on the bowl’s interior is unmistakably Christian. Related: I got 643 days of torture. My tormentor gets Cameron’s red carpet | Mohamed Soltan Related: If homosexuality isn’t illegal, why is there a homosexual crackdown in Egypt? | Brian Whitaker Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com