Ismail won a partial victory last week when an administrative court ruled that it had no proof his mother held dual nationality. But the election commission had earlier stated that it had verified her U.S. citizenship, making him ineligible.
Egyptian birtherism.
Except it actually is illegal in Egypt for a presidential candidate to have had a parent with non-Egyptian citizenship.
What was wrong with Shater or Suleiman, aside from the obvious in the latter's case?
Suleiman Supposedly didn't collect enough signatures in enough provinces or something to that effect.
