Who Are You Voting For? Egyptians Discuss Landmark Election

May 23, 2012 from Ahram Online

Egyptians vote for their next president in the first presidential elections since the popular uprising which overthrew Mubarak in 2011. Ahram Online visited polling stations in the Cairo neighbourhoods of Imbaba and Shobra to see what voters thought of the historic occasion. Video by Simon Hanna for Ahram Online.

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