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Underneath him were Egypt's social elite, the nobles, who effectively governed Egypt for the pharaoh. Lower down were the educated professional classes, such as scribes, accountants and doctors.

Egypt’s subsequent presidents came from relatively humble origins – for example, the father of Gamal Abdel-Nasser, who was in office in the 1950s and 1960s, was a postman.

Egypt could be plunging into a food crisis or at least this is how it seems. Complaints about a shortage of basic goods have been echoing across the country and reached their peak with the lack of ...

After three devaluations in 2022, the Central Bank of Egypt floated the pound in January to meet an IMF condition for a $3bn loan, the country’s fourth bailout from the fund since 2016.