The ‘accidental president’ who failed to bring democracy to Egypt

The World

Mohammed Morsi was Egypt’s first democratically elected president. His time in office, though, was brief. A year into office, he was deposed by a military coup. Morsi died yesterday after he gave a testimony in court. The World’s Shirin Jaafari looks at the rise and fall of Morsi in Egypt.

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