Tweet Wednesday marks the last of three days of voting in Egypt, in a presidential election seen as little more than a referendum on the rule of President Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi.At three polling stations across Cairo, a trickle of mostly elderly voters on Monday and Tuesday walked past heavy security, including armed soldiers and police, to get to the ballot box. At one polling station in the Giza neighbourhood of Haram, a young soldier guarded the entrance from behind a pile of sandbags, the barrel of his gun pointed at the path of incoming voters. CNN Gallary:
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You March Alone, You Die Alone
Tweet Naomi Wadler, 11, an elementary school student from Alexandria, Va., spoke during the “March for Our Lives” rally against gun violence last Saturday in Washington, D.C. There is an Arab proverb that says “You eat alone, you die alone”, one which also applies here in America, albeit with a slight change; “You march alone, you die alone.”
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Book Review, Breathing Hope and Fear, Egypt Since 2011: #Jan25 #Egypt
Tweet Denis G. Campbell has provided Americas, Middle East and Business Commentary to global television (BBC, itv, Al Jazeera, CNN) radio and numerous print magazines and newspapers for the last 14-years. He is co-host of weekly The Three Muckrakers podcast on iTunes and Google Play’s Podcast Nation. An American/British journalist and author, he is based in Wales. As Editor of UK Progressive Magazine, he is a frequent political, business and Middle East analyst and contributor. Gallary: