Matthew Bell

Matthew Bell

Matthew Bell is a Jerusalem-based Middle East reporter. He has been with The World since 2001 and has filed stories from cities across the US and abroad.

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Life Getting Worse for Egypt’s Poor

December 17, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment
Poor families live among the gravesites at this massive cemetery in Cairo. (Photo: Matthew Bell)

Poor families live among the gravesites at this massive cemetery in Cairo. (Photo: Matthew Bell)

Egyptians voted on ratifying their new constitution over the weekend.

It’s being billed as a bold step in democratic reform.

But Egypt’s poor are being left out of the process, as The World’s Matthew Bell reports from Cairo, that’s especially true for the poorest Egyptians.


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  • Peaceforall1998

    sad.