"It started 16 months ago with a bang — one hell of a wonderful euphoric bang that left me giddy for months," wrote Ashraf Khalil, an author and correspondent based in Cairo who covered the Egypt elections for Al-Monitor. “Now it feels like it’s ending with a whimper,” he wrote, capturing the sentiment across the Twittersphere on #EgyElex.
Over the weekend, Egyptians cast their votes in the runoff election for president between Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, and Ahmed Shafiq, a Mubarak's last prime minister. The turnout was lower than expected, due to a combination of, among other factors, low enthusiasm and high temperatures.
