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Egyptian women say their time is coming in presidential races

Despite their historical absence in contests for president, Egyptian women believe one of their own will run for president someday soon.
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Egypt's field of presidential candidates for the March election is exceptionally sparse this year. But this year, like every other year, the field is absolutely barren when it comes to female candidates.

One woman tried to run. But Mona Prince, an English literature professor at Suez University, failed to collect the necessary 25,000 signatures.

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