Who Is Egypt's Next President? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Bassem Sabry

Bassem Sabry

Sep 21, 2013

People walk in front of defected posters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie in downtown Cairo August 29, 2013. After a stunning reversal in which the army seized upon a tide of public discontent to overthrow freely elected President Mohamed Mursi, the powerful state apparatus appears to have all but neutralised the Muslim Brotherhood to which he belongs. Poster (R) reads, "To be on trial... No reconciliation without justice, no justice without retribution — People walk in front of defaced posters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie in downtown Cairo, Aug. 29, 2013. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei speaks during a news conference with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (unseen) at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" tw

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People walk past posters of presidential candidate and former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at one of his campaign headquarters in central Cairo April 16, 2014. Egyptians will vote on May 26-27 in a presidential election where Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win easily. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR3LLFL

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People walk under giant campaign election billboards of presidential candidates former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq (R), and Mohamed Mursi, the head of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party in Cairo May 25, 2012. Egyptians must choose between a Muslim Brother or an ex-military man in a presidential run-off that highlights the stark rifts in a nation united in euphoria when Hosni Mubarak fell 15 months ago, first-round results indicated on Friday. With most votes counted, the Muslim Brotherhood said its ca

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Leftist leader Hamdeen Sabahi speaks during an interview with Reuters in Cairo, April 29, 2013. Egypt should refuse a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund rather than submit to terms that would further impoverish the poor and could spark a revolution of the hungry, Sabahi said on Monday. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) - RTXZ42R

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