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Mohamed Shubek, a 47-year-old farmer living in Fayoum, nearly 100 kilometres south of Egypt’s capital, Cairo, remembers when his field was productive and his yields plentiful. But since 2017 ...

openDemocracy is an independent international media platform covering news, ideas and culture which seeks to challenge power and encourage democratic debate.