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Weekend Reading: A Gift to the World

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By experts and staff

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  • Steven A. CookCFR Expert
    Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies

Mada Masr highlights the celebrations for “Egypt’s gift to the world,” the New Suez Canal.

Michael Collins Dunn examines the original festivities for the opening of the Suez Canal in 1867.

Safiaa Mounir takes a look at the economic uncertainties of the Suez Canal expansion project.