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Egypt's New Challenge

Why has a second president been deposed in Egypt within two years? Shaima Khalil travels to Egypt to reflect on the growing concerns of Egyptians after president Morsi's departure.

What next for Egypt? The army has appointed a new government after protests against the democratically-elected Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi. For the second time in two years, the Arab world’s most populous country is in what the army calls a ‘transition period’. But what has brought Egypt back to the point where the second president has now been toppled within just two years?

Earlier this year, Shaimaa Khalil - who was born in Egypt - travelled across the country, documenting how ordinary people were adapting to life after the Arab Spring, for a series called Egypt’s Challenge. She’s back in Egypt to present a special programme reflecting on the growing concerns among those she met on that trip. She brings those concerns up-to-date within the context of this week’s events. She is joined by a panel of guests in her home town of Alexandria.

(Picture: Egyptian anti-regime protesters hold a banner saying 'Get Out Morsi', Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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Sat 6 Jul 2013 18:06GMT

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