The Second Day

Bassem Samir of the Egyptian Democratic Academy (EDA) is watching the elections unfold on a monitor in his organization’s office in Giza, across the water from Tahrir. He has been preparing for this day for years, traveling to trainings, meetings and conferences around the world to bring tech tools and greater capacity to his growing team as they monitor the fairness of elections in Egypt. On the eve of the elections last November, a vote which resulted in the almost complete defeat of al...

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