I woke up early-ish this morning, to make my way to Cairo's Down Town to meet my freind and Arabic teacher in one of the many ahwas (cafes) that were dotted around the centre.
T took my camera with me, just in case I saw something unusual, it was after all a significiant day in Egypt's history!
On the way to the metro I saw a huge desert-yellow tank gliding along the street, with soldiers wearning bright red hats standing out from the top. It resembled a strange parade, of soldiers surrounded by the usual hustle and bustle of Cairo's Shubra Street.
When I returned from my lesson, I went with my aunt to the polling station. My aunt had already been, to take my gran to vote, and she told me that there had been minibuses shipping poor farmers and labourers to the polling station. These people were all voting for Ahmed Shafik or Amr Mouusa - both men from the previous regime.
We will see what happens on Friday when the results are announced.
T took my camera with me, just in case I saw something unusual, it was after all a significiant day in Egypt's history!
On the way to the metro I saw a huge desert-yellow tank gliding along the street, with soldiers wearning bright red hats standing out from the top. It resembled a strange parade, of soldiers surrounded by the usual hustle and bustle of Cairo's Shubra Street.
When I returned from my lesson, I went with my aunt to the polling station. My aunt had already been, to take my gran to vote, and she told me that there had been minibuses shipping poor farmers and labourers to the polling station. These people were all voting for Ahmed Shafik or Amr Mouusa - both men from the previous regime.
These men have many things going for them, and have the biggest chance of winning. Egyptians that are afraid of the Muslim Brotherhood coming to power, are likely to vote for them. Egyptians that are convinced that the country has descended into chaos since the revolution and those that were not aware of the atrocities that the previous regime committed, are likely to vote for them. Egyptians who benefitted from the previous regime, are likely to vote for them.
Even if they do not win legitimately, many believe that the army generals who currently make up the transitional government, will see to it that they are in power.
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