O Brotherhood, where art thou?
CAIRO—The noise could be heard from well down the block in the muddy streets of Shubra al-Kheima, a grim industrial suburb just north of Cairo. A chanting sign-waving crowd, about 50-strong, worked its way through the Mit Nama neighborhood, singing the praises of Dr. Mohammed El-Beltagui — the district’s incumbent parliamentarian and a member of ...
CAIRO—The noise could be heard from well down the block in the muddy streets of Shubra al-Kheima, a grim industrial suburb just north of Cairo.
A chanting sign-waving crowd, about 50-strong, worked its way through the Mit Nama neighborhood, singing the praises of Dr. Mohammed El-Beltagui — the district’s incumbent parliamentarian and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s oldest and best-known Islamist group.
“The symbol of the anchor,” they chanted, referring to the Beltagui’s electoral logo — a key element in a district where illiteracy runs high. “Reform and change! He doesn’t sleep and he doesn’t lie!”
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