Middle East in Revolutionary Times as Elected Leadership Prepares to Govern and Mubarak Era Dead

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Tahrir Square erupts in celebration on Morsi win

AFP – Tens of thousands packed into Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Sunday in the largest celebration the protest hub has witnessed since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, to celebrate their new president-elect, Mohamed Morsi. As a military helicopter hovered above the huge square, revellers set off fire works.

Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi, the first Islamist to be elected president of the Arab world’s most populous nation, said Sunday he will be a leader “for all Egyptians” and called for national unity after a polarising race. Morsi, the country’s first elected leader since a popular uprising ousted president.

Mideast welcomes Morsi election in Egypt

Middle East countries welcomed on Sunday the election of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi as Egypt’s first president following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. In Israel, which has a 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country respects the democratic election.