After using the synonym "Sandmonkey" for a good while, the Egyptian blogger and Twitter-er Mahmoud Saleh had already revealed his identitity in the wake of the Egyptian protests in February 2011. Now he's taking it a step further and runs for presidency ... parliament, I mean. I just became aware of his intention to run for office, when I visited his blog in order to see whether he has already commented on the death of Essam Atta. Yet, his blog has disappeared, and instead a website - otherwise still being under construction - anounces "Mahmoud Salem for Parliament 2011". The interesting online newssite Global Post confirms that Mahmoud is currently drafting his campaign to compete for a seat in parliament in the inshallah upcoming elections. He intends to run in the election district Heliopolis, competing with the reknown scholar, talksshowguest and revolution-sympathizer Amr Hamzawy and a former NDP figure Magdy Mahrous.
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