Things To Know About This Week’s Presidential Election In Egypt

Egyptian shoppers walk under a poster supporting presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the country’s former military chief, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Considered all but certain to win is el-Sissi, the man who removed the former president, Mohammed Morsi. El-Sissi, who for the past 10 months has been the most powerful figure in Egypt, faces one other candidate in the race, leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, who finished third in the 2012 presidential election. Arabic reads, “Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, presidential candidate number 1.

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