Jon Alterman: Hafsa Halawa is an independent consultant and a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute based in Dubai. She's the author of “Gulf Investment in Egypt, A Balance of Mutual Need.

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Few structures on Earth command the same sense of wonder as the pyramids of ancient Egypt. Rising from the desert with mathematical precision, these monuments have stood for thousands of years — ...