Cyberspace Campaign

A little late (as usual) but here is the campaign websites for :

President Hosni Mubarak (National Democratic Party): www.mubarak2005.com

A note regarding his "new look"... seriously... doesn't he look castrated?

The poster says "Mubarak. The leadership... and the crossing to the future".
Ahhh .. that was touching.
A good not about the campaign site is that it is updated somewhat constantly and they have a nice article in arabic replying to critics of Egypt's debt situation. Nice try but I will still not vote for him.

Ayman Nour (Al Ghad Party): www.vote4nour.com

I just got to know about the website today so I don't know about any updates to the site. Although I don't feel comfortable with the guy I will most definitely vote for him (If I am able to sort out this voting card mess). Why I would vote for Nour? Stay tuned for another post for that.

No'man Goma'a (Al Wafd Party): (Well they didn't have a campaign site so this is the party site) www.alwafd.com

The Al Wafd party is the oldest political party in Egypt (since 1919) and probably the most respected due to its history in being the first party to actively call out to resist the British occupation. Also having famous political reformers such as Sa'ad Zaghlool and Mostafa El-Nahaas Pasha as chairmen has given the party a respected prestige. Why are they now not a force to be reckoned with? Well, thanks to the "free guards" (revolutionary military soldiers) all political parties in Egypt were done away with in 1953 and it was not until 1977 that a new law was issued to allow the creation of political parties in Egypt. Of course by then Egyptians had gaven the term "political apathy" a whole new level and the "Al Wafd" party never regained its former glory. It is interesting to note, however, that before the creation of the "Al Ghad" party (Ayman Nour's party), the "Al Wafd" was the biggest opposition party with... check this out.. 6 out of 454 members in paliament!!! Yes having 6 out of 454 members for an opposition party .. believe it or not... makes you the biggest opposition party. The NDP had 417 members... Yaaayyy for democracy. However the creation of the "Al Ghad" party attracted some independent members and I think members from other parties to become the biggest opposition party and the second biggest party in general after the NDP. None the less, Al Wafd still holds a "traditional" respect among historically and politically aware Egyptians (mostly the older ones) and they put up a bold ad in "Al-Ahram" newspaper (a semi-government daily newspaper - by far the biggest newspaper in Egypt) which was titled "We Suffocated" (shown below)... a title clearly directed against the government (as in we had enough and can't take it any more) and one that would appeal to anyone living in Egypt.