31 December 2012
CAIRO - In Mohammed Morsi's six months of presidency, dissent towards the Muslim Brotherhood has increased amongst the Delta’s workers and Cairo’s urban neighborhoods. The new Constitution, approved by 64% on December 22nd, was rejected here. If some Egyptians support “yes”, there were tens explaining why to vote “no” in these neighborhoods. We followed the electoral procedures in the working class area of Zaawia, a suburb to the west of Cairo, surrounded by burning garbage on street corners and tuk-tuks blaring music at high volume. Ibrahim guarded an abandoned fertilizer factory and warming himself by a fire. He hoped new investments would arrive soon but he did not know when. In the background were the smokestacks of a generating station and the food product factory fence (Bisco Misr).