Egyptian Elections - it's all anyone's talking about

Queues around the block
Candidates have to queue too!
People’s Assembly Speaker and Muslim Brotherhood leader Saad al-Katatny arrived at a polling station in 6th of October City to cast his ballot. He entered the polling station quickly but later was asked by one of the voters to go back to the end of the line.
Source: Egypt Independent Blog
No room for grey
The Egyptian voter would like some clarity, and neither one of those two candidates - Amr Moussa or AbulFotouh - offered them that, which was incredibly evident in the debate that took place between them last week.
Source: Sandmonkey
Language of numbers : The Egyptian Presidential elections
After 12 hours Egyptians will vote in the first presidential elections ever.
This is the first real multi-candidate presidential elections in the history of Egypt.
The number of registered eligible voters inside Egypt is : 50,407,266
The number of judges participating in this election is : 14,509 ...
This is the first real multi-candidate presidential elections in the history of Egypt.
The number of registered eligible voters inside Egypt is : 50,407,266
The number of judges participating in this election is : 14,509 ...
Source: Egyptian Chronicle
Citizen Journalists Workshop in Mahalla
I started by asking them the difference between between "News and Information" then we went to social media and how one can find news (and information) there, and the second session was about "Finding News Sources on Twitter", we then discussed the Egyptian Law and the "Publishing Offences".
Source: Not Green Data
Why the 2012 Egyptian Presidential Elections Make Me Want to Barf
Egyptian elections are the day after tomorrow. This will be the first time in the history of Egypt that Egyptians will have a real say in who will be their president. This should be a time for rejoicing. For some Egyptians, it is. I am not one of those Egyptians.
Source: Nadia el Awady
















