Evan Hill

Amid the excitement over Mohamed Morsi’s election victory, there was deep concern over what comes next.

Egypt’s secular pro-revolution forces have formed an alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood in a bid to rally against the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces, but will this understanding last?

I arrived at the headquarters of Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi shortly before 4am on Monday, when the campaign had said it would announce its final internal tally of the votes then being counted across Egypt.

Many pro-revolution Egyptians, particularly young people who have become disenchanted with the quickly derailing transition process, have refused to vote for either the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi or Ahmed Shafiq, Mubarak’s last prime minister. Some have joined the apparently growi

The election’s question – who will succeed Hosni Mubarak – lies atop multitude of complicated and emotional undercurrents: Who represents the revolution, whose economic policies will bring the country out of crisis, who will deal correctly with Israel and the United States?

A two-time member of parliament during the Mubarak era who was jailed 17 times under successive presidents, is battling with Ahmed Shafiq for second place, after initial results showed him lagging far behind.

A two-time member of parliament during the Mubarak era who was jailed 17 times under successive presidents, is battling with Ahmed Shafiq for second place, after initial results showed him lagging far behind.

The election’s question – who will succeed Hosni Mubarak – lies atop multitude of complicated and emotional undercurrents: Who represents the revolution, whose economic policies will bring the country out of crisis, who will deal correctly with Israel and the United States?

Voters cast their ballots in the country’s second-largest city, where the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party is poised to win big.