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Friedman reports from an election booth in the Shubra el-Khema neighborhood of Cairo during the Egypptian parliamentary elections in 2012. He says the realities are quite different as the poorly educated women who were voting described their day to day concerns to Friedman about security, education for the children and social services. The Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafist Al Nour party win most of the seats. Yet the democracy protests have empowered all parts of Egyptian society, and has created checks and balances in the process.
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Friedman says the protests are about Egypt above all else, and its about Egypt and Egyptians desire for a freedom, democracy, better education, better economic opportunities and better lives. He describes the need in other parts of the Arab world to transcend sectarian, tribal and other loyalties, to establish moderation and build the institutions for citizenship and democratic government.
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