The city of Mansoura is scheduled to vote on 3 January 2012 in the final round of Egypt’s lower house parliamentary elections. Below is a primer on the city’s upcoming contest by way of a photo essay (for more on election rules and dates, click
Eric Knecht, Nicholas Hilgeman and Mohamed Ezz
Eric Knecht and Nicholas Hilgeman are former Fulbright-Egypt grantees who spent the past year working in Mansoura and Zagazig respectively.
Mohamed Ezz is the Mansoura coordinator for Rassd News. The group currently operates The Egypt Report.)