What Happened To Egypt’s Hope Since The Arab SpringTN

What Happened To Egypt’s Hope Since The Arab Spring?

By PBS Newshour
Five years ago, Egyptian security forces opened fire on a protest tent city in Cairo, killing at least 800. What led to that day was an extraordinarily tumultuous few years in Egypt: the Arab Spring, the coming to power of a Muslim Brotherhood president, a coup, and the emergence of a new soldier strongman. Nick Schifrin talks with “Into the Hands of the Soldiers” author David Kirkpatrick.

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