By Mina Abdelmalak, Op-ed contributor Sunday, July 12, 2026Egypt players before the match between Egypt vs Guniea-Bissau in the FIFA World Cup 2026 CAF Qualifiers – Group A at Cairo Stadium, Cairo, Egypt. | MOHAMED TAGELDIN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
The World Cup does something to people that little else can. For 90 minutes, it collapses every grievance a country has with itself into a single shared heartbeat. On July 7, Egypt led Argentina 2-0 with eleven minutes to go. Then it ended, in stoppage time — Argentina 3, Egypt 2. Egypt’s coach, Hossam Hassan, was so convinced his team had been wronged that he made FIFA’s anti-racism gesture at the referee. Millions of Egyptians felt a deep injustice.
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