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Via Middle East Eye As this year comes to an end, the most populous Arab country remains a stagnant mammoth with a slowly rotting political order, lacking domestic legitimacy and kept alive only by a continuous lifeline of cash from the West and Arab Gulf states who fear the repercussions of the Egyptian regime’s implosion. The year started with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who is now 70, renewing his presidential term until 2030 after an electoral circus whose outcome was determined from the start. His only serious competition, former parliamentarian Ahmed Tantawi, was swiftly jailed . Egypt’s secret police, Homeland Security , continued throughout the year targeting all forms and shades of dissent, both online and offline, keeping citizens incarcerated in an endless labyrinth of fabricated cases , dubbed by rights lawyers as a process of "rotation" . Prison conditions remain draconian, and detainees have repeatedly gone on hunger strikes to protest torture and maltreatment. More than 50 incarcerated people have died in interior ministry-run prisons, Homeland Security branches and police stations this year. Criticism of the president or regime officials in the mainstream media is virtually non-existent . Most media outlets are officially owned and micromanaged by one company created by the General Intelligence Service (GIS). A handful of online independent news sites operate under strict conditions, are censored and denied media licences and face constant harassment . At the time of writing, at least 24 journalists and media workers remained in prison, according to the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate. Street activism, which experienced a rare, sudden revival in October 2023 with the outbreak of the Gaza war , was quickly crushed by security services , who ensured the streets remained quiet. A year later, more than 100 people are still in prison for taking part in peaceful solidarity actions with the Palestinian people. Syria shows the way? While organized street dissent remains under siege, spontaneous social protests by politically unaffiliated citizens involving confrontations with state forces have become increasingly frequent. Specifically, there have been industrial actions over wages and working conditions, as well as protests over housing, evictions and road safety. Since the 2013 coup, the regime has embarked on one of the biggest demolition campaigns in Egypt’s modern history, part of its militarised urban restructuring . Architect Omnia Khalil estimates that roughly 10 percent of the residents of Giza and Cairo alone have been displaced since 2013. This onslaught has triggered long-running fights against evictions, which have turned into clashes with the military and police, such as in Jemima, Port Said, Warraq and elsewhere. These protests should be monitored because they will likely escalate in the coming year. Earlier this month, Egyptians watched in jubilation as the brutal dynastic dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad fell. How this will play out for the millions who live under Sisi's brutal dictatorship remains to be seen. With the destruction of the Egyptian opposition and almost daily acts of state terror against the slightest sign or gesture of dissent , a repetition of the 2011 domino effect is unlikely - at least in the short run. However, there are certainly those in Egypt who are watching the Syrian events and contemplating whether an armed insurgency is the only way to topple Sisi, just as the Syrian 'rebels' did. Needless to say, the rebels' victory will boost political Islam in Egypt and elsewhere . Sisi is also nervous about the events in Syria. Roughly one week after Assad's downfall, he met with military commanders, senior police officials, the GIS chief, the prime minister and several other top government officials at the defense ministry's strategic command headquarters in the new administrative capital to discuss the impact of the regional wars in Syria and Gaza. Humanitarian organizations and media reports have estimated that there are some 70,000 political prisoners under Sisi ... "Sisi's prisons are no less horrifying than the atrocities of Syria's prisons." After Syria's rebels freed scores of political detainees, Egyptians are calling for the same in Egypt. Since 2013, Egypt's President Sisi has detained over 60,000 political prisoners nationwide. pic.twitter.com/ZCdvGc7Knq Speaking to his publicists on the same day, he called on the people to unite and safeguard the Egyptian state. "There are two things I've never done, thanks to God," he said . "I neither stained my hands with anyone's blood nor took anyone's money." Military business Despite pressure from international donors - and occasionally, prominent Egyptian businessmen - on the regime to remove the army from the civilian economy, the military continues to expand its control . It manipulates free-market forces in its favor and uses its clout to impose itself in partnerships with local and global capital. In 2024, Sisi continued to dodge calls to privatize military corporations or curb their influence. On the contrary, they were given more monopolies and a larger share of the pie. Early this month , Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced plans to list several companies affiliated with the military on the Egyptian Exchange. However, this is not the first time such statements have been made. Sisi announced in November 2022 that two military firms - a petrol company and a bottled water producer - would be listed on the stock exchange. A few months later, Madbouly announced that 10 more army companies would be offered on the stock market. To date, no single military firm has been privatised. There is a good reason why the regime has been procrastinating all those years with selling those firms. At this point, Sisi’s loyal constituency is confined to the officer corps. His popularity among all social classes in Egypt, including sections of big capital, has hit rock bottom. Antagonising the brass or messing with their economic privileges could prove fatal in such turbulent times. So, is the regime finally embarking on privatizing the army’s firms? The devil is always in the details. According to Madbouly’s statements, parts of the firms will be sold directly to a "strategic investor", though no specifics were provided regarding the identity of these investors or the percentage of shares to be sold. Also, the firms will not be fully privatized, but a percentage will be offered in the stock market. Again, it is unclear what percentage. Some possible scenarios to watch in 2025 include stocks being sold to civilian investors who act as fronts for the military or to companies that the military partially or wholly owns. For instance, the army’s National Service Projects Organization (NSPO) holds a 20 percent stake in Taqa Arabia, which is seen as a potential bidder for Wataniya - one of the four firms to be listed. If Sisi takes something away from the army with one hand, he will compensate them for it with the other hand. This could mean more concessions in other sectors, allocated lands and so on. For example, while planning the privatization of Silo Foods, the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) is now, in effect, running the agricultural production sector and has recently been given a monopoly over grain imports . Crisis of hegemony In the summer of 2023, Sisi signed a law ending tax exemptions for government economic activities. But tax exemptions for army business ventures remained in place, as the new law included an exception for economic activities related to “national security”, which could be conveniently interpreted as anything related to the military. In the coming year, the regime is likely to continue evading calls to reform the military-economic complex. It will likely resort to maneuvers such as floating military firms in the stock market, only to buy them through other companies and businessmen who are fronts for the army, or curbing the privileges of military corporations in one sector, only to compensate in another. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi unveiled the new administrative capital and presidential palace, built 45 kilometers east of Cairo in the desert, during the D-8 summit. The mega city, comparable in size to Hamburg, cost $45 billion. pic.twitter.com/J1YnIm0ttG Meanwhile, news emerged this month that Ibrahim al-Organi , a criminal smuggler-turned-militiaman and state-sponsored businessman, is planning to launch a political party. An official declaration has yet to be made. But if the project proceeds, the proposed party will contest the parliamentary and senate elections in 2025. (I stress “if”, as Organi has not publicly confirmed this, and the project could ultimately be scrapped.) But we must ask why such plans are being floated. This is not necessarily driven by Organi’s personal ambitions. He is an agent for the state and can be easily replaced at any point if the regime deems him useless or harmful. Rather, this is driven by the regime’s crisis of hegemony . Sisi is ruling solely by coercion, unlike his predecessors and has eviscerated the civil society and political institutions that manufacture some necessary level of consent, which is crucial for the endurance of the regime and the state. Political desert Sisi desperately needs something a la former President Hosni Mubarak’s National Democratic Party (NDP). But so far, he has failed to replicate it, including through the miserable Nation’s Future Party, whose public events for shoring up support for Sisi only backfire and turn into anti-regime protests . Attempts at rigging the votes in professional syndicates either fail or descend into pure thuggery , causing scandals that the regime has to scramble to manage. News of Organi’s proposed political party is the latest attempt to “create politics” in a country whose political scene has become wholly desertified. The total reliance on foreign debt has led to domestic fallout, widening class gaps in Egypt and a state of social decay , along with a decline in Cairo’s regional clout and soft power . From an active regional hegemon under previous regimes, Sisi’s Egypt is now dependent on foreign loans, grants and continuous bailouts by regional and international donors who see Egypt as "too big to fail" and do not want to risk further instability in the Middle East . As a result, Sisi has been unable to steer the course of events in Egypt’s traditional spheres of influence. Instead, he has either suffered diplomatic defeats or brought Egypt to a state of shameless complicity in the ongoing genocide on his eastern border under the watchful eyes of his military. In the coming year, Egypt will remain relevant to the Israeli - Palestinian conflict by virtue of geographical proximity, which puts it in control of Gaza’s only exit to the outside world - the Rafah crossing. 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40 popular athletes and celebrities who are massive gamersDaily Post Nigeria Femi Johnson: NCAA: When delayed, cancelled flights are celebrated, glorified Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Sponsored Femi Johnson: NCAA: When delayed, cancelled flights are celebrated, glorified Published on December 28, 2024 By Daily Post Staff Industry watchers, experts and passengers received the shocker recently when the Acting Director General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Mr Chris Najomo disclosed how he shared government money to staff in order to improve their welfare, boasting that the money shared belongs to nobody but the federal government, hence he fears no evil. This was revealed in a viral video. He went further to hail the minister whom he said God was using to do a lot for NCAA. In another shocking comment, the NCAA acting boss also announced that over 5,225 flights were delayed, and 190 were cancelled in 2024. No details on sanctions or punishments for erring airlines. In a BusnessDay report, he said, “Adequate compensation is provided where applicable. Non-compliance with these regulations will not be tolerated, and going forward, the NCAA will not hesitate to impose the necessary penalties where violations are observed. I have instructed my team to monitor and enforce compliance and apply sanctions.” Apprehension over future of aviation Currently, there are concerns by major industry players and passengers over the future of aviation sector going by the handling of regulations. Firstly, the Acting DG has become chronically patronizing in his effort to continually gain the support of the staff at the detriment of aviation safety. His claims that monies are being shared to staff who constantly get alert because they belong to the federal government is an aberration and speaks volume about administrative insensitivity. It’s not entirely wrong to prioritize staff welfare in line with civil service rules, but it amounts to recklessness when you prioritize same at the expense of aviation safety. Unfortunately, throughout his speech where he constantly hammered on his intention to continue in office, he did not mention any airline that was sanctioned over delayed or cancelled flights. The Acting DG, showed no mercy to stranded passengers whose flights were either delayed or cancelled when he said going forward, erring airlines would be sanctioned. So what happened in the past one year? How many airlines were sanctioned or queried in the period under review? This is a complete lack of incompetence and the sad reality of the regulatory agency. It’s unfortunately disturbing to tag incompetence as a success story and should we continue on this trajectory, the aviation sector will face grave setback. What then is the job of the regulator when 190 flights were cancelled in a single year and 5,225 were delayed yet no question was asked? This unfortunate collaboration between the airlines and the regulator portends serious danger and must be stopped now. It’s unfortunately becoming clearer that instead of engaging in the job of regulation, the atmosphere in the NCAA is that of joke, merriment, speech making, campaign and sharing of money to staff to gain support for continuation and confirmation of the Acting DG. What difference does it make if staff smile, eat fat and make merry but passengers lament delayed and cancelled flights? It shows a near absence of regulations. One of the underlined issues is the understanding of the DG that passengers whose flights were cancelled or delayed should be ignored. No Nigerian passenger in the past one year can confirm being compensated for a delayed or cancelled flights. We have had cases of passengers sleeping in the airport for days over flight delay. NCAA cannot point at a single passenger who had benefited in terms of compensation either by the airline or by the regulatory body. This is not only sad, but capable of bringing to disrepute the renewed confidence in aviation. When staff get compensated for allowing airlines to operate without regulation, when the attention is shifted from regulation to celebration, when the regulator becomes the collaborator, then danger looms. Findings have revealed that more than 5,000 flights were canceled in September and October 2024 alone, yet staff and airline owners have continued to write to the President to confirm him. This looks more like a situation irony. Many believe that the alleged manipulation by the Minister who had been insisting on the confirmation of the DG for the next 5 years has torn the industry apart. No wonder the then DG, Capt Musa Nuhu without any serious investigation for a year now. The NSIB report indicting NCAA indicated that the fatal helicopter crash, which resulted in the deaths of 8 individuals, including 6 NNPC employees was due to NCAA permission to the helicopter to operate without a valid FDR, autopilot, life raft, and other essential equipment. It is also not news that the recent Bell Police helicopter crash was as a result of the NCAA’s inadequate supervision and the presence of unqualified pilots. Sadly, the recent multiple aviation incidents, including two aircraft engine failures and a cargo aircraft overshooting the runway within a span of five days call for serious concern. These alarming developments should ordinarily reawaken the Minister of Aviation in order to take action against Captain Chris Najomo, who happened to be his Uncle from the same village. The safety of the aviation industry is far more important than any relationship or tie. This current disregard for safety concerns has raised international scrutiny on Nigeria’s management of its airspace. The country has lost its FAA Category One Certificate, prohibiting Nigerian airlines, including Airpeace, from operating passenger flights to the United States. The concerns of many is the Minister’s inaction or reluctance to intervene and prioritize the safety of citizens. The current leadership incompetence in NCAA has continued to re-echo and must be addressed now before it’s too late, else we will return to the era of Sosoliso and those dark years in the sector. Politicising NCAA at the expense of professionalism will take us 100 steps backwards. Watch video here... View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adoyi Abah Ali (@official_aliadoyi) Femi Johnson, an aviator writes from Canada. 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Trinity Turner is calm. She is a rare specimen in this day and age of human stress and universal calamity. Nothing ever seems to rattle the freshman point guard at the University of Georgia, who was last year’s Orlando Sentinel Player of the Year. “At all,” said Trinity’s mom Shuwanda Turner. So where does she get this ability to remain even keel at all times? “From her mom,” Shuwanda Turner laughed, but she was also serious. “Calm, cool and collected ... she always knows her purpose. I know my purpose.” Trinity agrees. “Yeah, I get it from my momma,” she smiled. “I don’t know.” Georgia coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson is amazed at Turner’s natural ability. “She just has it. I can’t explain what it is, but she has it,” said the coach, whom the players call Coach Abe. In her third season at Georgia since coming over from UCF, Abe has been impressed though not surprised. “Whoooo, she just has a lot of charisma, a lot of poise for being a freshman. It’s crazy,” Coach Abe said. “You can’t teach her what she brings us. That is just natural talent. “And the team loves her and that’s what is awesome about it.” She’s already a leader for Coach Abe, who knew she needed to get on Trinity’s good side the first time she saw her. Trinity was a freshman at Dr. Phillips playing against the coach’s daughter Savannah Henderson, who was a senior at Timber Creek back when the coach was at UCF. “I think Trinity had like 25 points against Timber Creek, and Savannah had like 18 and I said, ‘Oh my God, that freshman just killed you,’ ” Coach Abe said of her daughter, who is now a redshirt-sophomore at Georgia and currently sidelined with an injury. “So I’ve been watching and watching her ... I watched her in AAU and high school and we offered her right away.” As the late, great Stuart Scott of ESPN fame always used to say, “Cool as the other side of the pillow.” That’s Trinity Turner. She already has accomplished a lot of firsts in her first month of college basketball during which Georgia has gone 4-2. She scored in double digits in her first three games, the first Georgia freshman to accomplish that in 20 years since Tasha Humphrey in 2004 when she was named the National Freshman of the Year. Turner also scored 28 points in the Bulldogs’ SEC opener, a loss to Texas A&M. That marked the most points scored by a Georgia freshman since Gabby Connally had 37 in 2018. She is averaging 13 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in her first six games. Her former Dr. Phillips coach Anthony Jones and several of her former Dr. Phillips teammates were on hand Thursday during Georgia’s 60-44 victory over Tulsa on the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association State Farm Showcase at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports. After the game, the players and coach presented Turner with her state championship ring, which was emblazoned with “3PEAT,” on the front. At Dr. Phillips, Turner led the Panthers to three straight state championships and was named the Florida Dairy Farmers Girls Basketball Player of the Year for two straight seasons. “It felt amazing with all my people here, so I just want to thank them for coming out,” Trinity said. “It felt great. There’s no other feeling than coming [back home] playing with a big team like Georgia.” Jones was loving the moment, being able to watch his former pupil excel at the next level. “You can always see her relaxed,” Jones said. “This is so comfortable for her.” Her father, James Turner, a former player at Bethune-Cookman, isn’t surprised either. “She’s been playing up all her life,” Dad said. “So she’s kinda used to being on the big stage.” “It’s not a shocker, but it’s just a blessing to see how far Trinity Turner has come,” Jones added. “We’ve watched her since growing up to now becoming the woman she is, playing the sport she has always dreamed of playing and to play at a high level ... this is just magnificent. “We’re just speechless to see it.” Jones compares her to other Dr. Phillips star point guards. “I’ve been blessed to coach a lot of great guards ... Lexy Brown, daughter of the Boston Celtics’ Dee Brown, and Taryn Griffey, Ken Griffey Jr.’s daughter, but Trinity Turner is definitely blessed,” Jones said. “She is probably the best player to ever come through Dr. Phillips. .... I know I will probably get a bunch of flak from this, but she is definitely high up on that Rushmore of Dr. Phillips guards.” James Turner just sits and watches with a huge smile on his face. “Words can’t explain it,” said Trinity’s father. “It’s just a joy knowing she is in a good position being at Georgia. ... From middle school to high school to college, we’re just thankful she’s able to do her thing.” The Turners are no longer married, buy they sit a few rows apart and admire their daughter. “Oh my goodness, I am ecstatic,” Mom said. “Just watching her play since she was age 3, playing with the bigger girls at all times, and I knew she would be ready for this one day, but seeing her out there on the floor now with the Bulldogs is very exciting for me.” She’ll likely take the SEC by storm this season as the Bulldogs get further into conference play, and then perhaps the bigger stage and the WNBA. “One team at a time, one step at a time,” said her mother. “That’s always been a dream, so we’re very supportive and hopefully we’ll see her on the bigger platform.” “We’re gonna see,” Trinity said. She said the college game is much different than what she was used to, but she hasn’t missed a beat. “It’s way different than high school,” Trinity laughed. “It’s different intensity, different everything ... a different program, so it’s like a changed mindset.” But she was ready for the challenge, as evidenced by her quick adapting to the college game. She runs the floor like a veteran, pushing the ball up the court — always at a breakneck pace — with few mistakes. Thursday was not a good night for Turner, back in her hometown with her family, former coach, former teammates and friends all in attendance. She had hoped to perform to her usual level. Whether it was the pressure to perform or just nerves with everyone there to watch her, or perhaps it was a lingering cold that she was battling, or perhaps a slightly sprained ankle she has been dealing with ... still, no excuses for Turner. “I had way too many turnovers,” Turner said, after coughing up the ball an uncharacteristic six times against Tulsa. She also had a tough night from the field going 3-of-12 with just 7 points but she still managed to play 32 minutes. She was carrying around a box of tissues she kept under her seat on the bench to help with the cold. You could not tell she was ailing from her intensity. Turner is always focused, hellbent to get the job done play by play. She will likely continue to set records as she rolls through her Georgia career, but that’s no concern to Turner. All she wants to do is play the game she loves. “Just stepping up when I need to, it definitely feels good, but I don’t care about all that stuff though,” said Turner, who is eager to get ramped up in SEC play. “I’m excited about that. It’s just a lot of hard work that is going to continue to get done, keep practicing hard.” Georgia will play its second game in the WBCA State Farm Showcase on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the ESPN Wide World of Sports. Chris Hays can be found on X @OS_ChrisHays .

Ohio State is getting close to full strength and is looking forward to a final non-conference foe before diving into its Big Ten schedule. The Buckeyes (8-4) host Indiana State (8-4) on Sunday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio, with another opportunity to get valuable minutes for center Aaron Bradshaw. Bradshaw, who transferred from Kentucky after his freshman year last season, missed seven games while Ohio State investigated an alleged domestic incident at his off-campus apartment. He made his first five shots and finished with 11 points in 18 minutes during the Buckeyes' 85-65 rout of then-No. 4 Kentucky on Dec. 21. "Aaron plays with an intensity and a passion that I thought we missed," Buckeyes coach Jake Diebler said Friday. "And certainly, his size (7-foot-1), rebounding ability, his ability to protect the rim, all of those things were certainly missed. "I'm not going to lie. I didn't anticipate he was going to go 5 for 6 but that spoke to his focus the last couple of weeks to get back out there." While Ohio State was battling the storied Kentucky program, Indiana State was posting a 101-53 win over the University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy. The Sycamores open Missouri Valley Conference play next week. To say it's a giant leap to play Ohio State for the first time in program history is an understatement. "I'm definitely excited. I know the team is super excited because we all think we can play at that level," Indiana State guard Jahni Summers said. "We all know we can play at that level. It will be a big game for us, a huge challenge for sure." The Sycamores are led by Samage Teel, who is averaging 17.5 points per game while shooting 58.2 percent from the field. He also leads the team with 4.3 assists per game. Indiana State has won five in a row and has scored at least 80 points in each of the past six games. Diebler said the Buckeyes need to move past the win over Kentucky. "We know what's coming up here, certainly starting off with a really good Indiana State team," he said. --Field Level Media

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Iowa cornerback Jermari Harris has opted out of the remainder of the 2024 season in order to prepare for the NFL draft, according to a report by 247Sports.com . The 6-foot-1 sixth-year senior from Chicago has recorded 27 tackles, three interceptions and a team-high seven pass breakups in 10 games for the Hawkeyes this season. That includes a pick-6 in a 38-21 win over Troy earlier this season. Iowa (6-4, 4-3 Big Ten) plays at Maryland on Saturday before closing out its regular season at home against Nebraska on Nov. 29. The Hawkeyes are already bowl eligible, so Harris is likely opting out of three games in total. After missing the entire 2022 season due to an ankle injury, Harris was suspended for two games of the following season for his involvement in the gambling investigation into Iowa athletics. He later emerged as the Hawkeyes' top cornerback, earning the team's comeback player of the year award after compiling 42 tackles, one interception and eight pass breakups. Harris will finish his college career with 105 tackles and eight interceptions. --Field Level Media

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