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Eye on the World: Egyptian elections and “Arab Spring” aftermath
Starting today, the “Eye on the World” feature will have a slightly different look. Rather than offering a twice-weekly series of updates on news stories with single links to articles published in the Journal and Sentinel, each Monday we’ll take a more in-depth look at a current news item or trend. We hope this new format will encourage readers to embrace the world in their prayers.
Islamist candidate Mohammed Mursi, who became Egypt’s first democratically-elected president after last week’s elections, has begun building a government. He’s said his priorities will be shoring up the country’s economy, improving security, and drawing up a new constitution (the country has been operating under a provisional constitution ever since former president Hosni Mubarak stepped down in the wake of the 2011 “Arab Spring” protests). A lot of questions remain, though, about the president’s authority: just before the presidential election Egypt’s ruling military council dissolved the country’s parliament and took over many of the president’s powers.
Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.
