Election Season in Egypt

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]

Signs for independent female candidate Gameela Ismail line the street in the upscale Zamalek neighborhood of Egypt(***)(***)s capital, Cairo. [Evan Hill]

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 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]

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]

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]

Mohamed el-Beltagy, a Muslim Brotherhood candidate running for parliament in Cairo(***)(***)s Shobra el-Khaima district, greets residents of his neighborhood. [Evan Hill]

Women watch Muslim Brotherhood candidate campaign

A woman and girl in Cairo(***)(***)s Shobra el-Khaima district watch as Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed el-Beltagy campaigns four days before Egypt(***)(***)s parliamentary election. [Evan Hill]

Mohamed el-Beltagy, a Muslim Brotherhood running for parliament in Cairo(***)(***)s Shobra el-Khaima district, speaks with press on a median before delivering a complaint about election observers to the police four days before the election. [Evan Hill]

Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Essam el-Arian on the phone

Essam el-Arian, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and the group(***)(***)s unofficial spokesman, reads Egypt(***)(***)s al-Ahram newspaper and talks on the phone as he prepares for an Al Jazeera English interview. [Evan Hill]