Allies of ousted President Hosni Mubarak have benefited from divisions among backers of the 2011 revolution.
![It remains unclear whether pro-democracy forces in Egypt will be able to unify to defeat entrenched interests [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20141251178264734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Mohammad H. Fadel is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair for the Law and Economics of Islamic Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.
Allies of ousted President Hosni Mubarak have benefited from divisions among backers of the 2011 revolution.
![It remains unclear whether pro-democracy forces in Egypt will be able to unify to defeat entrenched interests [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20141251178264734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)