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President Al-Sisi Casts His Vote in the 2018 Presidential Election

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2 years ago

March 26, 2018

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi cast his vote early morning on the first day of the presidential election at Mostafa Youssri Abou Emeira School in Heliopolis.

The school, that was previously a royal palace for Princess Ferial of Egypt, King Farouk’s eldest child, is also where former presidents of Egypt had cast their ballots. What’s more, the school is named after the martyr Mostafa Youssri Abou Emeira, who sacrificed his life for the sake of Egypt’s safety and security.

The 2018 Egyptian Presidential Election is taking place for 3 days all over Egypt, schools are open from early morning till night allowing citizens to cast their votes freely during the day; needless to mention that citizens above 18 are eligible to vote, except active members in the armed forces and police; eligible citizens to vote in this election are around sixty million citizens, according to the National Election Authority (NEA). There are 1410 polling places around the country, supervised by 44 general committees; not to mention that all the polling places and voting booths are incredibly secured by the police and armed forces to ensure the safety of all voters, and create a positive voting experience.

Egypt is now witnessing the third national election since the January 2011 revolution; the results of the 2018 presidential election will be announced on the second of April.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has encouraged and called for every Egyptian to go out and practice their rights by casting their votes, stating that voting in the presidential election is a national duty.

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Egypt’s largest Metro Station in The Middle East Inaugurated

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2 days ago

October 20, 2019

Yara K

Heliopolis metro station, Egypt’s largest station in the Middle East, has been inaugurated this morning and is ready to receive commuters.

The station is built on a space of 10,000 square metre which makes it the biggest station in the Middle East region, according to the transportation ministry

The construction of the station has began back in 2015 and the station will connect to Cairo International Airport and Al-Salam city.

The new metro station will help reduce around two million commutes above ground, which in return will reduce the traffic congestion. Also, citizens will save the cost of more expensive mean of transportation.

Another point worth mentioning is that the station will include automated machines to purchase tickets directly, in addition to a digital signage system to guide passengers.

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El-Sisi Returns Home Following His Participation in UNGA

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4 weeks ago

September 27, 2019

Yara K

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi returned to Cairo this morning following his participation in the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

Earlier today, Bassam Rady the presidential spokesman posted several pictures of the president upon his arrival to the airport and being greeted by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, the Defense Minister General Mohamed Zaki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel-Aal, and the Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfik, alongside other senior officials.

Pictures also show a number of citizens who were present in the airport and gathered to welcome back El-Sisi to his homeland.

During the President’s visit to the U.S., a number of meetings were held with his counterparts and UN officials in order to discuss means of developing cooperation between the two countries, in addition to tackling issues of common interest.

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Egypt to Establish Fourth Terminal at Cairo International Airport

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1 month ago

September 15, 2019

Yara K

The Egyptian government announced its plan on building a fourth terminal at Cairo International Airport after reaching an estimated capacity of 75% this year.

The Cairo Airport Company, the operating organization of the airport, has already drawn up the needed studies to build the terminal which hopes to increase the capacity and reduce the traffic on the other three terminals, chair Ahmed Fawzy said in a statement on Friday.

Besides the new terminal, Fawzy revealed a series of development projects that will take place as well, including an upgrade to Terminal 1 and updates to the airport’s baggage handling system.