Foreign tourists stand outside a souvenir shop in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, some 500 kilometres east of Cairo, last Tuesday. With ultra-conservatives poised to play a big role in the Egyptian parliament during an economic crisis, the Islamists’ thoughts on what tourists may wear or drink are being scrutinised amid fears they will harm the country’s vital tourism industry.

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