CAIRO: When Egypt’s parliament passed a hard-fought civil service law last week, it was seen as a rare outbreak of resistance to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

The final, amended draft made it harder to fire members of the country’s bloated bureaucracy, which Sisi has suggested should be trimmed down.

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