Egypt: Gap between promises and voting practices

By: Guardian Unlimited, November 15, 2005 Rory McCarthy finds a glaring gap between reform promises and voting practices in Egypt's parliamentary elections. Egypt's month-long parliamentary elections have only just begun and several more days of voting lie ahead, but already there is one clear loser. Ayman Nour, a long-time MP and liberal opposition figure who was the strongest challenger to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the country's first presidential election this autumn, has lost his seat.

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election Egypt Middle East and North Africa Hosni Mubarak Ayman Nour