Years of Dictatorship Have Left Vast Areas of Civilian Life Distorted by Corruption and Mismanagement as Egypt’s New Civilian Institutions Struggle to Form

Egypt elections: a test of hard-won civic values

The Christian Science Monitor: By the Monitor’s Editorial Board

As elections go, Egypt’s matters more than most. The Middle East giant was the centerpiece of the Arab Spring last year, ousting a longtime dictator in a popular uprising. Now Egyptians go to the polls June 16-17 to choose a new leadership.