Egypt’s First Female Presidential Candidate

The World

Bothaina Kamel, is a television anchor in Egypt, but she is seriously thinking of changing careers.  She has thrown her hat into the political ring, becoming Egypt’s first female nominee for president. She joins us to talk about her campaign and her views on a post-Mubarak Egypt. Also joining us is  Nancy Yousef,  Egyptian-American and professor of English literature at the City University of New York-Baruch.

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