Egypt: Basboussa for President! · Global Voices
Tarek Amr

This post is part of our special coverage Egypt Revolution 2011.
“Former Egyptian television anchor and activist Bothaina Kamel announced on her Twitter account late Friday evening [ar] Cairo time that she plans to run for president in the next round of elections, making her the first woman ever to announce her candidacy for Egypt’s highest office”, Manar Ammar
This is how Manar Ammar reported the news of Bothaina Kamel running for the Egyptian presidential elections. Kamel (@basboussa1) has received mixed reactions from Twitter users.
Twitter user @FaresADL could not believe it, so he wrote to Kamel wondering if the news had been confirmed or was just a rumour:
Fatma Emam, who is a feminist wrote about the news:
Photo taken from the Facebook account of Bothaina Kamel; participating in a demonstration during the World Day Against Corruption.
Lara (@FarawlaLawra) found it good news, whether she is convinced to vote for her or not:
Mahmoud Salem, aka @Sandmonkey, also wrote in support:
In this video uploaded to YouTube by user moushebl1 on April 3, 2011, Kamel announces her plans to run for presidency [ar].
Some people commented on the above video against her running for presidency.
Radwa El-Shami questioned the reason behind the huge number of candidates running for presidency in Egypt:
Radwa then continued:
This post is part of our special coverage Egypt Revolution 2011.