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Nov 29, 2011

Video: Counting Ballots in Port Said

By Mara Revkin

After following the two-day voting process as an official monitor, Michele Dunne captured this video footage of a ballot-counting session in Port Said.  After the close of polls on November 29, ballot boxes were transported in military vehicles to polling stations like this one, located at a sports facility that was once named “Mubarak Hall”: […]

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Nov 29, 2011

News Update: November 29, 2011

By Mara Revkin

As voters cast their ballots in the second day of parliamentary elections, a dwindling number of protesters continued their sit-in in Tahrir Square and outside of the cabinet building, where they are demanding an end to military rule and condemning the appointment of Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri. Ganzouri is expected to retain between five and […]

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Nov 29, 2011

Fighting for Seats in a Powerless Parliament

By Magdy Samaan

Egyptians have been patiently waiting since the early hours of the morning to cast their ballots on the second day of voting for the parliamentary elections, unfazed by the long lines even though their faces reflect their exhaustion with the deteriorating economic situation and continued political instability. But not all Egyptians attribute such importance to […]

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Nov 28, 2011

Dispatch from the Polls: By Sabah Hamamou

By Sabah Hamamou

November 28, 2011 will go down in history as that day that Egyptians went out to vote in the first parliamentary elections since the fall of the Mubarak regime. Watching the elections unfold on screens – whether computer, television or digital camera – you can see some differences from past elections, but at the same […]

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Nov 28, 2011

New Poll Shows Frustration with Continued Protests

By Mara Revkin

A new Gallup poll reveals that most Egyptians are not enthusiastic about the recent resurgence of anti-government demonstrations, even though they may share protesters’ frustrations with the slow pace of political change. In September, 84 percent of Egyptians said continued protests were a bad thing for the country. However, Egyptians still express strong support for […]

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Nov 28, 2011

Election Day One: Vignettes from Port Said

By Michele Dunne

The first day of parliamentary elections dawned cool and rainy, but warmed up by 8 am, bringing out Egyptian voters whose sunny mood matched the mild Mediterranean weather and the cartloads of neon-bright oranges and guava that festooned the streets of Port Said on November 28.

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Nov 28, 2011

From Revolution to Parliament: A View from the Campaign Trail

By Dalia Ziada

While the protest in Tahrir Square enters its eleventh day with the aim of bringing about an end to military rule, thousands of Egyptians are engaged in a parallel democratic exercise: voting in Egypt’s first post-revolutionary elections. Today, Egypt is writing an important line in its history, as the Egyptian people proudly decide their own […]

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Nov 27, 2011

Port Said on the Eve of Elections

By Michele Dunne

This Mediterranean city is poised to host an electoral battle between Islamists and secularists that is emblematic in many ways of what is happening throughout Egypt.  Although there are thirteen electoral lists competing for the four proportional representation seats allocated to Port Said, the same few came up over and over again in conversations with […]

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Nov 27, 2011

News Update: November 27, 2011

By Mara Revkin

Protesters continued their sit-in outside of the Cabinet building for a third day straight to protest the appointment of Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri and demand an immediate end to military rule. Field Marshal Tantawi warned that the military "will not allow troublemakers to meddle" in the polling process, set to begin on November 28. Meanwhile, Mohamed ElBaradei […]

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Nov 26, 2011

Electoral Propaganda

By Michele Dunne

Cairo—A couple of noteworthy examples of campaign propagnda I came across today, less than 48 hours before voting is scheduled to begin on Monday, November 28: