Egypt's Copts Worry About Islamist Win
Mona Makram-Ebeid, a former member of the Egyptian parliament, belongs to Egypt’s 10 million-strong Coptic minority. She supports one of the front-runners for the presidency, Amr Moussa, and tells Al-Monitor's Sophie Claudet in an interview that she fears an Islamist win "not only for the Copts, but for the liberals, the seculars, for everybody."
Al-Monitor spoke to former MP and member of the trustees of the 25 January Revolution Mona Makram-Ebeid. A member of Egypt’s 10-million strong Coptic minority, she is actively engaged in a national dialogue with Egypt’s Islamic religious authorities. She supports one of the frontrunners for the presidency: former foreign minister and former head of the Arab League Amr Moussa.
Al-Monitor: Can Egypt’s five million Coptic voters influence the vote?
Makram-Ebeid: Absolutely, and we are working on it. That is what I have been doing particularly with the Coptic youth because they are spread all over the country and they are close to grassroots organizations.
Al-Monitor: Opinion polls show that the Coptic vote is divided.
