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 | | On November 17, 1997, Islamic fundamentalists, armed with assault rifles, attacked tourist groups in the courtyard of the famous Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor. |
 | | The fundamentalists of the nineties are younger, less educated and more often come from agricultural areas, small field towns and slums, especially from the neglected and unemployment-stricken south of the country, whose residents, "the Saidis," are estranged from the central leadership in Cairo. |
 | | Beginning in mid-1992, the fundamentalists have also targeted tourism, in an effort to deal a blow to the nation's economy (tourism is Egypt's second largest source of foreign currency, behind fees from the Suez Canal) and to harm the image of the regime in the region and around the world. |
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