A month after Tunisians tossed out their hated dictator, Egyptians did the same, forcing Hosni Mubarak to step down. But while Tunisians are choosing a new parliament to complete their transition to democracy, Egyptians have been heading back to school. And not only physically-state universities have re-opened-but also metaphorically: unhampered by any parliament, the government of President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has been posting a series of restrictive laws. Should they all be imposed, Egypt may feel rather like a military academy.
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