There is a link between the criticisms that so many millions of Egyptians have of the Brotherhood and the criticism that others in the region have of the movement. And it can be seen in one small incident still playing out in a building in Cairo's upmarket Zamalek neighbourhood. It is here at the culture ministry that activists are now deep into a long sit-in against the appointment of a new minister of culture affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood. Artists are concerned that the new minister, Alaa Abdel Aziz, will use the figleaf of tackling corruption to impose a Brotherhood-sanctioned view of the arts on Egypt.
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