Egypt: President El-Sisi Votes in 2025 Senate Elections
The President voted at his polling station in the Martyr Mustafa Yousry Emeira School in Heliopolis.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
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