As voting winds down in Egypt’s second presidential elections in as many years, Jonathan Rashad takes a look back at the days leading up to the presidential elections. With thirteen candidates competing in the 2012 elections, only two presidential candidates are in the running this year, former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Nasserist Hamdeen Sabbahi. With Sisi forecast to win the elections, the focus has instead been on voter turnout.



CAIRO, EGYPT – MAY 26: A child waves the Egyptian flag during celebrations by Sisi supporters in the Shubra suburb of Cairo.



CAIRO, EGYPT – MAY 26: Supporter of candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sit on a coffee shop in the Gamaliya suburb of Cairo with the banner of Sisi in the background.
CAIRO, EGYPT – MAY 26: Police conscripts pose for a photo outside a polling station in the Shubra suburb of Cairo.

CAIRO, EGYPT – MAY 26: An Egyptian child hold an illustrated photo of Sisi and leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood.

CAIRO, EGYPT – May 22, 2014: Banner of presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi in the Ramsis district of Cairo.
CAIRO, EGYPT – MAY 26: Egyptian voters check their names in a polling station in the Garden City suburb of Cairo.
Jonathan Rashad
is a self-taught documentary photographer who grew up in Cairo and started his career in 2008. He has covered events in Egypt as they have unfolded over the past few years. Follow him on Twitter @JonathanRashad