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Egypt: The woman who wants to be countrys first female president

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Egypt: The woman who wants to be countrys first female president

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During a protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square a month after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, Bothaina Kamel spotted a slogan supporting womens' right to be president of Egypt.

She said: "At that moment, I thought we shouldn't just be saying that, we should be putting it into practice."

A month later, Kamel announced she was to become Egypt's first female presidential candidate for elections expected to be held early next year.

Read the whole article at CNN, published 13. September

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During a protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square a month after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, Bothaina Kamel spotted a slogan supporting womens' right to be president of Egypt.

She said: "At that moment, I thought we shouldn't just be saying that, we should be putting it into practice."

A month later, Kamel announced she was to become Egypt's first female presidential candidate for elections expected to be held early next year.

Read the whole article at CNN, published 13. September

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