Today brought the sad news that Bothaina Kamel has decided to withdraw from the presidential race in Egypt. I’ve reproduced below the statement that she posted to Facebook this morning at: https://www.facebook.com/notes/bothaina-kamel/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84/376021735766126 I wish I had the time to translate the statement, but Egypt Independent summarizes the reasons for the Read More →
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The creative energies that have flowed from the rejection of various presidential candidates are awe-inspiring (e.g., the Abu Ismail Facebook faux-poster campaign), but this has reached a peak with the rejection of Omar Suleiman: And my own humble contribution:
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