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Election Season in Egypt

Campaign signs in Egypt
Hand-painted signs for candidates in Egypt(***)(***)s 2010 parliamentary election hang over an intersection in the Old Cairo neighborhood of the country(***)(***)s capital. [Evan Hill]
Published On 30 Nov 2010
Signs for candidates running in Cairo line the street
Signs for candidates running in districts in Egypt(***)(***)s capital, Cairo, line the streets of the city(***)(***)s upscale Zamalek neighborhood. [Evan Hill]
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Signs for candidate on wall in Egypt
Signs for independent female candidate Gameela Ismail line the street in the upscale Zamalek neighborhood of Egypt(***)(***)s capital, Cairo. [Evan Hill]
Men observe a political rally in Cairo
Men watch a political rally for candidates of the ruling National Democratic Party in the Old Cairo neighborhood of Egypt(***)(***)s capital two days before the country(***)(***)s parliamentary election. [Evan Hill]
Women watch a political rally in Cairo.
Women watch as candidates for the ruling National Democratic Party give speeches at a rally in Cairo two days before Egypt(***)(***)s parliamentary election. [Evan Hill]
Egyptian female parliamentary candidate give speech
Mediha Khattab, a candidate for the ruling National Democratic Party running for a female quota seat in Egypt(***)(***)s parliamentary election, gives a speech at a rally. [Evan Hill]
Protestors demonstrate on the steps of the Cairo journalists syndicate
Protestors demonstrating against the arrest of Egyptian reporter Yousef Shaaban protest on the steps of Cairo(***)(***)s journalist(***)(***)s syndicate four days before the parliamentary election. [Evan Hill]
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A policeman stands guard at a protest in Cairo.
A police officer stands guard at a protest against a reporter(***)(***)s arrest at Cairo(***)(***)s journalist(***)(***)s syndicate four days before Egypt(***)(***)s parliamentary election. [Evan Hill]
Police stand guard at protest in Cairo.
A line of police officers nearly outnumbers the protesters at Cairo(***)(***)s journalist(***)(***)s syndicate demonstrating against a reporter(***)(***)s arrest four days before Egypt(***)(***)s parliamentary election. [Evan Hill]
Released Egyptian blogger at press conference
Kareem Amer (C), recently released from a four-year prison sentence for writing blog posts that criticised president Hosni Mubarak and Islam, gives a press conference five days before Egypt(***)(***)s parliamentary election. [Evan Hill]
Women participate in a female candidates forum in Egypt
Female candidates for Egypt(***)(***)s parliamentary election participate in a forum two days before the country(***)(***)s election. A new law has established 64 seats in parliament exclusively for women. [Evan Hill]
Egyptian female parliamentary candidate.
Sowad Abdelhamid, a candidate for the Nasserist Party in Egypt(***)(***)s parliamentary elections, sits near icons of the found, former president Gamel Abdel Nasser, in her headquarters. [Evan Hill]
Egyptian female candidate at headquarters
Amira el-Asar, a candidate for the Reform and Development Party running for a female quota seat in Egypt(***)(***)s parliamentary election, prepares campaign flyers at her headquarters. [Evan Hill]