Border Guards vs Empire: Why a Tiny Egyptian Football Match Is a Global Economic Mood Ring
Cairo’s Friday-night fixture between Haras El Hodoud and Al Ahly is, on paper, a modest Egyptian Premier League tilt. In practice, it is the geopolitical equivalent of a bar fight between a lighthouse keeper and a multinational shipping conglomerate. One side guards the harbor; the other owns the sea lanes, the docks, and—while we’re at…