Mariam Milad was the first Christian woman to found an Egyptian political party. She has run for parliament, and lost, three times. Undaunted, she is now preparing for her fourth parliamentary election, to be held sometime after the as-yet unscheduled presidential election.
Trying to break through Egypt’s political glass ceiling
Mariam Milad hopes her fourth try at entering parliament with the party she founded, Al-Haq, will be lucky. But the revolution seems to have left Egypt’s women behind.
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