Backstory: The Mubarak Trial and Egyptian Elections

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 30, 2012

The first round of voting in the Egyptian elections happened last week, and the verdict in the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak is expected this Saturday. Sherine Tadros, Cairo-based correspondent for Al Jazeera, discusses the state of Egyptian politics.

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