News of Democratic nominee Joe Biden's projected win over Donald Trump in the US presidential election drew mixed reactions in Egypt. While Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was quick to congratulate the president elect Saturday, the situation throughout the country is more complex.
Pro-democracy activists, clearly euphoric and relieved, celebrated Biden's election victory while government supporters expressed their dismay, reiterating Trump's baseless claims of vote fraud. Many Egyptians (from both camps) had closely followed the US election on social media or on satellite TV in the belief that its outcome could determine their own fate.
