CAIRO: Traders at the textile market in Cairo’s Al-Azhar district were once used to seeing their shops filled with customers, but soaring prices have driven many away.

The reason for the spiraling costs—drastic reforms that the government pledged would bring benefits to the turmoil-hit nation.

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