His pay from his job as a bartender at a coffeehouse is buying less and less. Hany Hassan has found himself struggling to feed his four school-age children. Many are asking how long they can survive like this. The crisis has pushed many Egyptians out of the middle class, while the country’s poor - about one-third of the population - are cutting back on life’s essentials. Soaring inflation, a severely weakened currency and other problems have followed decades of government mismanagement and broader disruptions, starting with the turmoil from the 2011 Arab Spring popular uprising, then years of militant attacks, followed by the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Russia's invasion of Ukraine, now in its second year, has pushed up food and energy prices worldwide, adding another layer to Egypt’s economic crisis.
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