Ben Wedeman

Ben Wedeman

@bencnn Cairo Correspondent
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RT @youssefsalah: Huge numbers still in queues as seen on TV in Cairo, Port Said and Masnoura at least .....15 minutes to go #EgyElections
Samir Abdu Mitwali, Sayida Zaynab: "For 30 years we were completely blindfolded. We didn't know what was going on behind our backs. #Egypt
RT @Repent11: Shafiq Spokesman tells CNN Ahmed Shafiq was pelted with rocks and shoes by voters waiting outside poll after he cast his v ...
RT @ahramonline: Live update: A voter in Gharbiya found his name listed on the voting roster more than 50 times. http://t.co/hr4Ey18E #e ...

Live updates: Egypt's first post-Mubarak presidential polls kick off

May 23, 2012 - english.ahram.org.eg
10:51 Guardian journalist Jack Shenker tweets about rising tension between members of the public at Cairo's Al-Shohadaa' metro station: "Man on metro starts booming about the greatness of Ahmed Shafiq...Full-ruckus ensues, everyone's shouting and finger-jabbing. Some pro-Sabbahi elder women look ready to smack the Shafiq-lover in the face." 10:48 We're back again to the posher side of town, where Mubarak-era prime minister Ahmed Shafiq seems to be gathering plenty of votes. It's lattes, chic jumpers and designer sunglasses, I'm afraid, and a perplexing retrogressive trend. Zamalek's Faculty of Physical Education for Girls School, the turnout is high but there are no female employees to check the identities of voters wearing face veils. Many ballot papers are not stamped as the judge is operating at a ... Continue reading →
Breaking news! Election official politely orders voter to put out cigarette while casting his ballot. #Egypt #egylection
RT @evanchill: Politics may be a dirty game, but I could stand in this room all night and watch people's faces as they vote.
RT @DaliaEzzat_: "Since when have you been waiting?" a reporter asked a woman standing in line waiting to vote. "Since 30 yrs" she repli ...
I did not make that comparison, and never would.
70-year old Nadia Fahmi waited 2.5 hours outside Garden City polling station to be first in her neighborhood to vote. #Egypt
I did figure one thing out: most of the male voters wearing shorts and eyewear with flair were voting for Hamdin Sabahi. #Egypt
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