Egyptians fear return of Mubarak loyalists
Atef Hammam strolled through a garbage-littered Cairo slum on a recent evening dressed in a dapper suit adorned with a lapel pin of the Egyptian flag. Flanked by local leaders, Hammam, a former member of Egypt’s long-dominant National Democratic Party (NDP), shook hands at sidewalk cafes and kicked a soccer ball. But Hammam, one of about 1,000 former members of deposed President Hosni Mubarak’s party known to be running for parliament, will need more than soccer skills to persuade residents here to vote for him.
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