Women popular committees help organize Zamalek polls
CAIRO: In Zamalek, women popular committees were the ones helping the army and police bring order to Al-Qawmeya polling station, which saw more than 2,000 voters queued up at a…
Heated competition under heavy rain in Alex elections, violations reported
ALEXANDRIA: Parliamentary elections in Alexandria started early on Monday where 402 candidates are competing over eight individual seats while 33 lists are vying for 16 seats throughout the governorate. The…
Voters determined despite arduous, disorganized process
CAIRO: As voters lined up to cast their votes, some political parties continued campaigning in some central Cairo constituencies hoping to sway the unexpectedly high voter turnout. At three different…
Shoubra and Rod El-Farag residents flock to the polls
CAIRO: While most voters in Shoubra and Rod El-Farag said the process went “smoothly,” others complained that the polling stations were too crowded and unorganized. Hussein Mohamed, 61, decided to…
Tahrir sit-in relatively empty as Egypt votes
CAIRO: The Tahrir sit-in was emptier than usual as protesters headed out to vote on Monday, while hundreds remained behind discussing a call to boycott. “Tahrir doesn’t really want to…
Voters enthused after abuses of the past
ALEXANDRIA: A world away from the chaos, violence and abuses of elections under Hosni Mubarak's rule, Egyptian voters queued in huge, orderly lines on Monday, many still in disbelief that…
Parliamentary vote tests troubled political transition
CAIRO: Egyptians started voting on Monday in the first big test of a transition born in popular revolutionary euphoria that soured into distrust of the generals who replaced their master,…
Initiatives launched to inform first-time voters
CAIRO: Much-needed campaigns and initiatives raising awareness about the elections and encouraging people to vote have mushroomed over the past weeks, as Egyptians headed to the polls to choose their…
Religious polarization clear in South Cairo, say voters
CAIRO: Voters in South Cairo said that religious polarization was evident at the polling stations, amid a high turnout of Coptic voters and excessive campaigning by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom…
Egypt voter turnout ‘higher than expected’
CAIRO: The head of Egypt's election commission said Monday that turnout in the first polls since the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak was higher than expected and there had been…