Mubarak dies at 91 but his legacy lives on: Corruption, impunity, brutality
(World News Egypt)

When former President Hosni Mubarak was acquitted of corruption in January 2015, analysts had already predicted it as a foregone conclusion. For many it was evidence that the deep state existed. The deep state is a phrase that would regularly become associated with Egyptian politics after the 2011 revolution. Sadat, Mubarak, Al-Sisi - these are disposable faces of an old military guard in charge of Egypt, who are not prepared to give up the privileges that come with that. And so, at the behest of protesters and the international community who rallied behind the 2011 Egyptian uprising in the early days at least, this deep state sacrificed Mubarak to appear to offer concessions, but would...