3 ironies, one each of date, place & politics Egypt's Abdel Fattah El-Sisi arrives

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As Egypt President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi landed in India yesterday and is the chief guest of this year's Republic Day celebrations, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explores the country's running romance with dictators, El-Sisi's international popularity and relationship with India, in episode 1160 of ‘Cut the Clutter’.
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[@olah22]

Trump:"my favourite Dictator"__ He is a Chad😂🤣

[@bakuldada7838]

Thanks

[@SunilYadav-th1wb]

I asked a Egyptian Guy once "is it possibility for Egypt to have democracy" He said. "NO"

[@manavalanandsonspulival2185]

Which Islamic country has democracy?

[@denk3236]

Good for them Else Muslim brotherhood will come to power

[@saibalsahoo8597]

Islam and democracy are deadly combination, that may lead to country in the hand of Muslim brotherhood. ☪️

[@vatsalsingh1555]

@@denk3236 Yes in form of terrorism, a good example is iraq post american invasion.They have become totally unstable.

[@surojeetchatterjee]

@@manavalanandsonspulival2185 Islamic society is not suitable for democracy. Its better to run Islamic society under military dictator or Monarch who is secular by nature. Exple - Egypt, UAE & Ethiopia, Morocco.

[@someguy2707]

Great thing about being leader of Muslim country is that no one can blame you of being Islamophobic. Here in India, forget Muslim extremists, even if we have to touch PFI, you need to face so so so many issues and protest and public nuisance.

[@skp8748]

I'm Muslim born in England... Went to Egypt to study Islam had Egyptian security forces take me off a bus at gunpoint whilst screaming at me which they only stopped after seeing my British passport. They accused me of being a terrorist because I had a beard... Other Egyptian kids told me if I didn't have a British passport that they would have taken me to a holding site and beat me until they were satisfied I was just a normal student without consequence. I couldn't believe it a Muslim nation targeting someone for being Muslim.

[@magnum101]

@@skp8748 has it egypt always been like this?

[@nishantgaidhani688]

@@skp8748 not for being Muslim, for getting education from extremists

[@skp8748]

@@magnum101 No. The Arab spring as well as the Egyptian military losing all control of Sinai and attempting to hide that fact has turned Egypt into an autocratic and paranoid police state. There are secret police in cafes, squares and mosques who solely gather intelligence on political discussion or congregation of academics.

[@skp8748]

@@nishantgaidhani688 Huh? Can you explain what you mean? What extremist? Also they had no idea what I was studying and they cited my beard as the suspicious article justify their actions. Studying Islam is the greatest form of protection from extremism.

[@theindianliberal]

Good that there are leaders that are fighting against political Islam and muslim brotherhood... Hope is on MBS......

[@harshmishra3214]

Al sisi himself was member of Muslim brotherhood. He is staunch muslim who prays five times a day,No alcohol and listening music.

[@ashutoshpandeyz4508]

Egypt is good choice travel over turkey 🇹🇷

[@Captain_Sosuke_Aizen]

@@ashutoshpandeyz4508 Any day.

[@TajamalGhumman]

Days of all these puppets are numbered

[@a141tho2]

@@harshmishra3214 So ? Until and unless he thinks that the entire world should bow down to islamic Jihad, whats the problem ? He knows the threat extremism can cause to Arab world and is a great asset against Turkey and Qatar to have. Specially when India is looking to supply Armenia with weapons to maintain status quo in the region.

[@srinivasraokaruturi9777]

Excellent, short recap and summary of Egypt.. good to know the way Egypt govt works... Thank you Shekhar ji🙏

[@urrasscal8380]

ghanta excellent .... this mmosllim hhate hhindus .... just do normal business, jada chumma chati ki koi jarurat nahi hai ...

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you for watching...best wishes, Shekhar

[@manteshsharma9351]

Nasser was never invited to India as Chief guest coz congress feared loss of their vote bank that disliked a Muslim leader who was liberal in social values.

[@JohnSmith-vn8dm]

India's "secularism" was always very different from secularism in other countries. If the United States had allowed polygamy for mormons and called it secularism the American public would never have believed that justification. Ironically some large parts of the BJP could be considered secular in some ways if you are willing to use the American definition. French secularism under lacite is even more different. Its useful to take a global view of these things.

[@surojeetchatterjee]

@@JohnSmith-vn8dm BJP is technically proper secular than Congress. Congress secularism is called appeasement. Congress is not India. So Congress secularism doesn't mean its Indian secularism.

[@endofworld200]

@@surojeetchatterjee bjp and secular 😂

[@anshuraj4277]

He was friend of Nehru

[@Agnosticcc-x3m]

@@JohnSmith-vn8dm Exactly, I always considered BJP top leaders real secular... In India, right wing left wing secularism liberalism intellectuals, socialists all these definitions r screwed up, completely opposite in reality.

[@satyanshtrivedi6703]

Egypt would be a good export market for emerging defence sector in india

[@realhumphreyappleby]

Especially now that it seems Egypt and Ethiopia are on a collision course. Although not sure which weapons we can sell in event of such a long range war.

[@sitarampradhan8488]

@@realhumphreyappleby ammunition cells and small arms spare parts.

[@bambu3954]

Interesting.

[@JohnSmith-vn8dm]

That should definitely be a long term goal. But first India's own armed forces need to purchase defense products in large numbers to show the industry is credible. Only then will other countries be willing to import Indian defense products.

[@surojeetchatterjee]

@Shivneri Purandar Pinaka cannons r considered small medium arms, missiles r called large arms.

[@zehahahha]

I was so early…Romila Thapar might confuse me for Ashoka

[@nationalist11]

Lol the level of sacrasm is way too high.

[@theindianliberal]

You just triggered 30% of Mr Gupta's viewers.😛

[@theindianliberal]

Let me take it back, I doubt most of them are intelligent/aware enough to get this joke......😛

[@ps-fv5qr]

🤣

[@realhumphreyappleby]

I'll admit I didn't get it but after googling - Holy shit, did she really say Yudhisthira was inspired by Ashoka? lmaoo

[@harisundar8698]

Fascinating to hear Egypt’s political history, their strategic alliances and their ideological inclinations. I have read of Nasser’s proposal of Arab nationalism and how America spoiled it for whatever reason (by supporting muslim brotherhood). It seems there are enough commonalities between India and Egypt to engage. Good to see this relationship getting revived and SG digging up Egypt’s history.

[@JohnSmith-vn8dm]

You've got it backwards. America wasn't worried about Arab nationalism because they supported the muslim brotherhood. They were worried about it because they supported Israel and Arab nationalism put Israel's existence at risk, which you can see in the multitude of wars between the Arab League and Israel. The other reason America was wary is because of Arab nationalisms socialist leanings. But nowadays the US is generally friendly to these states and pan-Arab ideology because it is no longer socialist and most have signed the Abraham Accords making peace with Israel.

[@harisundar8698]

@@JohnSmith-vn8dm true

[@bojpuri423]

Saudi support Muslim Brotherhood during 1960 against Jamel Nasir ( still Saudi support Muslim Brotherhood in YEMAN against Houthi ) Even Eygpt it self supported Muslim Brotherhood during its war with Israel 1948-1967-1973 as “Strategical Asset”

[@vatsalsingh1555]

@@JohnSmith-vn8dm Its kinda ironic US also supports qatar during saudi- UAE blockade, the day america takes out there airbase away from qatar which is there biggest in middle east, those two countries will eat up qatar.

[@surojeetchatterjee]

@@JohnSmith-vn8dm Ur completely wrong & confused apart from uncle Sam plays from both sides. Bcs uncle Sam has 2 different political party ideology. Uncle is worried bcs Iran has infiltrated in brotherhood. 🤷‍♂️🤣 otherwise brotherhood was a tool for uncle Sam leftist groups as proxy to destabilize other countries get oil out of it. 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@awadheshkalia]

A very interesting recap of Egyptian history post independence as also in context of relationship with india. India and Egypt are on similar latitudes geographically, have similar skin tones and features, there is similarities in food habits. I recall Anwar Al Sadat’s autobiography- In Search of Identity, where in he covers in Egypt’s independence and also Free Officers.

[@JohnSmith-vn8dm]

Food and skin color doesn't determine geopolitics, as Jaishankar says, its mainly strategic interests. Although built up trust and history certainly help. India and Egypt have that in spades due to their history in the non-aligned movement.

[@awadheshkalia]

@@JohnSmith-vn8dm There are many determinants to geopolitics. Similarities in food and clothing are indicators of similarities in culture. The time period for such relationships is not few decades but many centuries. It transcends religion because the two most dominants religions of world in current times are 2000 and 1500 years old only. Both Indian and Egyptian civilizations transcend the origin of those religions. When you visit Egypt, or when you make Egyptian friends in another country, you can feel the similarities and even attraction. It is quite akin to what you feel when you make Pakistani friends in a foreign land- a binding which is based on cultural similarities. Not withstanding the geopolitical differences between the political entities called nations.

[@lisasinha3082]

I still remember the NAM photo of three leaders from school textbook. Thank You for reliving it. How things have changed for the three countries.

[@_kartik_chauhan]

The respect for Arab world can only increase if they can make Islam 2.0 MBB and El - SISI are the only hopes not qatar family

[@harshalshah8845]

Great review of Egypt's recent history. Looking forward to CTCs take on the events in Peru!

[@ginnyforyou]

Shocked that you did not even mention the rising cost of living in Egypt or the reckless spending of sisi's government on infrastructure projects.

[@sargunangoppalan7809]

Rise of living cost is happening in alot of country due to inflation. Infrastructure spendings is much needed to boost the economy.

[@eveadel1861]

as an egyptian I like your views .. more sane and unbiased than fake western BS

[@himabratadas1577]

Very nice SGji... A walk through a history of India-Egypt relationships

[@utkarshatalwelkar1608]

Under Narendra Modi , India is making many many right moves that should been done decades back. It proves that Modi listens to the experts respective field.

[@achyutkrishna2030]

I really like how Shekhar Gupta Sir's head is shining so much due to lighting. Looks like the special effect of hair oil. 🤭🤭

[@worldview9018]

Wonderful insights into Indo-Egyptian relationship which we rarely come across. Thank you Shekhar sir and Print.

[@Amuzic]

DAmn, I never knew of India 'pulling an America' with escaped German Scientists for our defense builds. A detailed video please.

[@2002georgezacharia]

Correct..

[@naguok]

Kurtank was the teacher of apj kalam in mit

[@RJ-kp6pr]

We all tend to live in the moment, but if step back a bit, we realize that today’s Egyptians and Indians are descendants of two of the world’s oldest existing civilizations. How many others have come and gone. There’s over 5,000 years of civilizational history here.

[@JayamuruganDhanasekaran]

Very useful video. This is what experience brings to the table. Love you Shekhar ji

[@sheilakijawani2526]

Love you too - shekhar

[@avinashviews345]

Geopolitically, Egypt is one the key players in the middle eastern region..

[@eeshitagovil]

A great brush up of history and an interesting video 😊😊

[@dandmello5283]

👌👍🙏❤ Thank you ShekarGuptaSir for the Unique updates... Something different BUT to the point Sir !!!!

[@pranavthe1]

Would like to correct you sir at 2:30 Arab Spring was a complete success in Tunisia. They have a democracy now

[@manojsjoshi]

Liked this rendition. Thanks Print

[@shivanshspeaks]

Very interesting, I was unaware of Egypt's politics until I watched this video.

[@raushanvmu]

Thank you for the detailed analysis. Triangulatig Turkey in an Indo Egyptian relationship would have made it more comprehensive.

[@Kartikjh24]

Thank you Shekhar ji. For a wonderful explanation

[@pichumanisankar2617]

One more riveting CTC episode 👍

[@RohitGupta-uw7dz]

Jyoti Malhotra is anything but an expert 😂

[@theindianliberal]

Haha

[@sharathkumarsadari6977]

She is one and only useless person in the Print team.

[@RohitGupta-uw7dz]

@@sharathkumarsadari6977 There is one more a historian who writes about Srimad Mohammad Ghori.

[@Subutai1990]

She is a apologist for political islam

[@anupamagrawal9952]

@@RohitGupta-uw7dz Kanisetti

[@the_Nameless_One99]

Thank you for a great episode sir!

[@vinothkanna884]

Thank you for the information

[@ChamaraSumanapala]

Whether they admitted it or not, ever since Nasser, almost all Arab nationalist leaders, be it Gaddaffi, Saddam, al-Bashar the elder and so on, wanted to emulate the Egyptian. Nasser was too giant a figure in Arab nationalism.

[@pradhyudh]

Ye duniya uth patanga, Perfect song for today's cut the clutter, Sad, shekar didn't sing it

[@pramodkulkarni3747]

Good knowldge . Thanks

[@rks2366]

Once again very interesting and quantitative CTC . Thank you Shekhar Sir 🙏

[@kppindustrial9722]

Wow what a greatest analysing I just saw ❤

[@ps-fv5qr]

New information 👍

[@manmohanmalik2470]

A good historical perspective, Mr Shekhar & team. Thanks

[@surajbiradar9827]

Egypt is kind of a bureaucratic nightmare on the basis of what I have watched on various travel vloggers channel.

[@ahmadfathy7994]

We try changing that

[@surajbiradar9827]

@@ahmadfathy7994 good for you brothers, less govt is always better

[@stealph51]

@@ahmadfathy7994 very nice to hear that, best wishes 👍

[@lisboaprince4513]

Very well explained 👏

[@ashavijayalakshmi2284]

v.good detailed anlysis of egyptian politics...kudos

[@krishnachaitanya3105]

Thanks for the wonderful story

[@bmniac]

Check history. Except for Indonesia and Turkey no Muslim country has democracy. And the only barrier to poverty is oil or gas. If dictatorship is the choice El-sisi is better than any.

[@apoorvamahajan7576]

Wonderful episode!

[@satishmadhaoraogundawar4784]

Excellent Shekharji🙏🙏🙏 Make such podcast....

[@vikramheble9972]

excellent coverage!

[@shubhamjaiswal6128]

This video was eye opening I didn't knew about india and Egypt old relations,

[@rohitpant8893]

Gupta jee as usual does not see importance of his visit , but ironies . Tragedy is our Indian youth is so badly informed that even such ordinary analysis gets kudos

[@cosmicview3216]

Superb analysis

[@homayuns2165]

Great Episode. It always feels good when countries have good relationships instead of wars and disputes.

[@mustafalal5285]

2 mistakes in the first 5 minutes Guptaji 1- in Algeria it didnt flicker as u say- it was crushed brutally by its dictator who passed away recently The Arab spring succeded in Tunisia and is thriving to this day

[@tenzinganag5348]

Tunisia fell just last year

[@arbaz79]

The Arab spring in Tunisia failed.Overall the entire Arab spring was a failure.

[@mustafalal5285]

@@arbaz79 Please read some news and post an informed comment

[@lalit08319]

Arab spring was definitely successful in Tunisia where it started. Though yes Tunisians on per capita basis formed largest fighting groups in ISIS after maldives. Still it sustained democracy and its large success.

[@kalebj7001]

Gamal Abdul Nasser was one of the key figures of 20th century, especially among the rising independent nations. He strived to unite the Arab nations under "Arab Nationalism" instead of Islamic fundamentalism. A strong Leftist orientation kept the domination of religious fundamentalism at bay. Opposing right wing ideologies within Egypt and in neighbouring states. It's no surprise he found a natural ally in Jawaharlal Nehru at that time, a Secular Socialist India that was Non-aligned. Similar to India, Nasser laid the foundation for Secular Socialist Egypt and even today it's known as Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah (Arab Republic of Egypt)

[@ahsanmohammed1]

Egypt's General Sisi had tanks machine gun unarmed civilian protestors. Something even China didn’t do. What Sisi did was similar to the Jaliyanwala Bagh massacre and what he rules with is similar to the “Rowlatt Act.”

[@ank5000]

When will Shekhar comment on BBC documentary issue ?

[@va-ro]

never...godi danda marega...hahahah

[@KJ0089]

SG we are proud of you sir.

[@mrSamirsri]

Great CTC. You should have shared the link of Sisi's speech at Al Azhar University

[@rajeevgangal542]

In the 1990s their marine mines were quite superior to ours from DRDO. Even if we say they reverse engineered still theirs was better. India needs a quantum jump in quality of its enginnering and science. First forget caste and creed otherwise we'll never succeed any more than we have

[@vinayaksharma8101]

In Egyptian Arabic it is Gemal there is no 'J'

[@rashidrosh]

Nice observation, but most of the formal occasions they switch to the MSA version of pronunciation گ to ج

[@shanmugarajt5007]

Great work In depth analysis I was unaware and puzzled why Egypt suddenly? What common ground do we share? TQ for this content 🙏

[@voiddoingnothing5266]

6:43 what protest, which flag is that.

[@padmahariharan6327]

Egypt signed a resolution about Kashmir against India in oic foreign minister conference in 2022 in Pakistan . India is dumb to overlook the duplicacy by Egypt.

[@nishankpatil7404]

Maybe Sisi succeeded in socio-political stability….. but he failed miserably in economic growth and development. “Inflation has reached stratosphere” courtesy Indian Express

[@truthseeking6611]

You can't breed like flies and expect to live like elephants.

[@JohnSmith-vn8dm]

@@truthseeking6611 It has nothing to do with birthrates, much more to do with corruption and the already high levels of debt. Egypt's (and India's) large young population is one of its few strategic advantages. This gives you a positive demographic dividend.

[@prasadakn9982]

Thank you Sir, for the gist of history.

[@amitarunkumar]

Fascinating..I guess we are neighbors…and the whole point of the name of road is very interesting indeed ..didn’t even think about it.

[@jaydeepgadhavi5465]

At 3:38, the spelling of Nasser's first name ?

[@AliAkbar-rn3zk]

Bad meets evil!

[@mohsinr7515]

An excellent coverage of past, present and future of india-Egypt relationship. Based on gravity of events unfolding in middle east and African bloc, I foresee this episode becoming most watched episode of 2023 CTC. Watch this space.

[@soumyasomu007]

Please do one on adani hindenburg story

[@tonyraheja1]

Interesting backgrounder.. Thanks

[@nisargjani355]

It's interesting to see how Egypt circled back to polity that works for them rather than copy pasting the Washington model of democracy. Arab Spring swung the pendulum just with the right intensity.

[@claymadness]

Think you meant Tunisia, not Algeria.

[@pravineazhawa1684]

Well done Shekar ; since I have an base in Cairo ; you are spot on with your presentation ; Helwan also is a small region close to larger Cairo ; will be good if you can speak on the New Cairo developed by current regime

[@0609Bhuwan]

Egypt is "stable" only when compared to the chaos of the Arab Spring period... They have serious issues on the economy and are not far from Pakistan in this regard.... Inflation is out of control.. Currency Devalued heavily... Living on IMF bailouts.... Also the big order from their Air force for which India was pitching the Tejas has already been awarded to S.Korea ... Maybe some missiles and Prachand in play now

[@sagarlonkar712]

Nice video 👍

[@nitinpatel1039]

Egypt is Turkey of Africa, utilise its strategic location to maximum advantage

[@sureshlahoti1076]

i was in Egypt on 25th jan 2011 and there for 5 years , Military dictators are better and More liberal

[@HassanAli-xl8kr]

Muslim Brotherhood is forever long live Muslim Brotherhood Egypt is not a largest country not a Arab country they are more at the side of Africa

[@tarantinofan8947]

ali bhai meri muslim girl se setting kara do please

[@sairadha674]

Muḥammad ibn Tughluq obtained manshur (patent of royalty) legitimizing his authority from Caliph in Cairo to counteract the Muslim divines in India who opposed him. India-Egypt relations go way back.

[@surojeetchatterjee]

Tughlaq was Mumluk Turkic, Cairo caliph was also Mumluk back then. Opposing Muslims in India were Pashmanda against Turkic Ashrafs.

[@urrasscal8380]

45'-46' Election Result ------- mmoossllim constituency ( bombay province 100% voted for m. league , madras 100% , bengal 95% , assam 91% , orissa 100% , central province 93% so on so on....)...

[@surendrabarsode8959]

Shekhar is talking the same thing repeatedly in the video. And he is selling Egypt to us as if it is little better than the terrorist Pakistan!! This sort of condescending attitude is not acceptable. Egypt is a big, important and a responsible country and India has a long standing, friendly relations with it.

[@sajaljain8843]

IIT delhi main gate is on this Naseer marg.

[@mahabaleshwarpandit2378]

People should restrict religion to their personal lives adopt to the needs of time. Political Islam will ruin several countries.

[@tarantinofan8947]

and hindutva?

[@raunak7461]

They were partner in non alliance movement...Modi is reviving it in a new way...our policy making is superb...the continuous progress of India is amazing..from Neheru to Modi ..it's a matter of study

[@d4dl]

Good talk.. but this video could have been 5 mins shorter had Shekhar not repeated things over and over again :)

[@thavarchandradamor9860]

SIr why dont you open your News channel on TV. Meri TV kharab ho rhi hai ese padi padi

[@parvadhami980]

TV par web series dekho, ya phir KZbin par CTC hi dekh lo

[@urrasscal8380]

jaa k south park dekh .....tujhey print aur sooraj barjatya ki movie yaad aa jayegi......

[@vyomsinha2854]

@ShekharJi- I understand the relationships and coincidences, even contrasts among the pieces of (such good) information provided, I don’t see any Irony here.

[@bhaskarroy6760]

Please cover Hindenburg Research report on Adani group.

[@dpfrmhell]

Narendra Moduddin...vote Sharma ji denge Khan sahab nai😂😂😂😂

[@hassobhatia990]

I see some coincidences, but no irony. Jan 25 is just a coincidence that it happens to be eve of our Republic Day as well Tahrir Square protests. That Sisi is a military dictator fits nicely into Modi mindset , no irony there. Both detest Muslims whether brotherhood or any other kind..third irony the place . Egypt & India has always friendly relations, Nasser was Nehru friend, both had pro Soviet leanings and touted non alignment though soft to communism..

[@rajd977]

I had to go pick up my dictionary to understand what an irony means. Well even after reading the dictionary -- I am a bit stumped. Thanks for tyring to go to extreme lengths to try to find some connections between his trip to India and India. "the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect." -- well anyway he is here on Jan 25th which is 3 years after Tahrir, well it is a coincidence and I do not see an irony -- unless there was major protests as soon as he landed in India. Well the 2nd and 3rd are so frivolous that I do not even what to mention them here. All he wanted to do was give a bit of background on Sisi (who is a dictator in the vein of Xi, etc.. but that was glossed over) and Egypt, he should have just proceeded to do that and give us an overview of recent events of Egypt and how Sisi came to his current position and the geopolitical issues surrounding Egypt. There is no real need to try to spin and find connections where none or really flimsy ones exist

[@cryogenic5456]

It was non alignment diplomacy which came out use

[@gvr_20]

I can see a 4th irony , which u dint talk about but listeners are smart enough!

[@fredindie]

What did one Dictator say to another? Lets Dictate!

[@CD-st9ef]

Interesting facts. Please correct your pronunciation for Cairo

[@anuj8223]

he looks like egypt version of rahat fateh ali khan