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The Lasting Significance of Egypt’s Rabaa Massacre — A polling station in Cairo’s western Giza district on March 25, 2018, hung with giant privately-sponsored electoral posters depicting incumbent President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi with the colors of the Egyptian flag. Mohamed El-Shahed/AFP via Getty Images

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The Lasting Significance of Egypt’s Rabaa Massacre

The Egyptian military's massacre of nearly 1,000 supporters of deposed president and Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Mursi at Rabaa al-Adawiyya square in August 2013 continues to reverberate. Abdullah Al-Arian explains the massacre's long-term impact on the Muslim Brotherhood movement and Egyptia

Abdullah Al-Arian • 13 min read