Beltgay

Gangs of Cairo

I have had the chance to cover a few elections and campaigns in my time, from post US-invasion in Iraq, to multiple elections in the Palestinian Territories, to Israel and the US. 

Few have been the spectacle of entertainment as the ones I have seen for Egypt’s parliament so far:

The other night, my colleagues and I decided to tag along with Dr Mohammed Beltagy, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood and a member of the current parliament.

Dr Beltagy wanted to do what every other candidate in a respectable democracy does; hold a campaign rally. There was one caveat; Dr Beltgay wanted to hold the rally in his opponent’s neighbourhood stronghold. Oh and there is one other thing.