Mohamed Salah has eyes of a nation on him as Egypt look to end 92-year wait

L ast week Orange, one of Egypt’s leading mobile network operators, released a series of humorous adverts starring Egypt’s Ahmed Fatouh, Rami Rabia and Hossam Abdelmaguid, where the trio’s optimism is met with scepticism as partners and family members struggle to take them seriously. Their crime? Daring to suggest Egypt might finally progress beyond the group stage of a World Cup. If there is one thing Egyptians do particularly well, it is self-deprecation. Perhaps that comes from history. …