"Mr. President! Mr. President! Who are you driving?"
In the two and a half years since he rose to the presidency following a military coup, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has developed a bit of a reputation for opulent projects.
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Like, remember how insane the opening of a new section of the Suez Canal was last year? Sisi believes in doing things high-end or not at all.
Hassan Ammar / AP
That seemed to reach a new peak when on Saturday the presidential motorcade drove over 4 kilometers — or nearly 2.5 miles — of red carpet on its way to a new housing project.
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That is not Photoshop. It is a real red carpet, draped over an Egyptian road like the world's longest entrance to an awards show?
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