The president’s dramatic announcement was supposed to restore normal civil life. Will it?

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi made a rare show of magnanimity. “I am pleased to share this moment with you, one which we have made great efforts to attain, through struggle and hard work. Egypt has become an oasis of security and stability in the region,” Sissi wrote in a Facebook post on October 25. “Hence it was decided, for the first time in years, to cancel the extension of the state of emergency in all areas of the country.”