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Egyptian protesters chant slogans as one holds a cross and a copy of Islam's holy book, the Quran, during a protest in Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, to condemn sectarian clashes in Cairo, April 12, 2013. Attacks against Christians have increased since the ouster two years ago of Hosni Mubarak. Amr Nabil/AP
Egyptian truck drivers sit by their vehicles as protesters blocked the road leading to the east port preventing loaded trucks from leaving the port, during day six of a general strike, in Port Said, Egypt, Feb. 22, 2013. Opponents of Egypt’s Islamist president are looking to Port Said as a model for stepping up their campaign against him with a possible wave of civil disobedience in other parts of the country. Nasser Nasser/AP
Plainclothes security personnel use batons to beat a protester at Cairo's Tahrir Square March 3, 2013. The banner reads, "Down… down with the regime" Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters
An Egyptian policeman peers out of an anti-riot police vehicle near Tahrir, the focal point of the Egyptian revolution, in Cairo, Egypt, March 4, 2013. Police briefly cleared protesters from Tahrir Square. The demonstrators, who have held a sit-in there for the past three months, returned soon after, burning two police vehicles. Amr NabilAP
Former Egyptian presidential candidate, Hamdeen Sabahi, (l.), speaks during a press conference following the meeting of the National Salvation Front as Nobel peace laureate, Mohamed El Baradei, (c.), and former Egyptian Foreign Minister and presidential candidate, Amr Moussa, (r.), listen, in Cairo, Jan. 28, 2013. Egypt’s main opposition coalition has rejected the Islamist president’s call for dialogue to resolve the country’s political crisis, unless their conditions are met. Amr Nabil/AP
Women queue outside a polling center to vote in a referendum on Egypt's new constitution in Cairo. Egyptians queued to vote on Saturday on a constitution promoted by its Islamist backers as the way out of a prolonged political crisis and rejected by opponents as a recipe for further divisions in the Arab world's biggest nation. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
Egyptian protesters push army soldiers standing guard in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 9, 2012. Egypt's liberal opposition called for more protests, seeking to keep up the momentum of its street campaign after the president made a partial concession overnight but refused its main demand he rescind a draft constitution going to a referendum on Dec. 15. Nasser Nasser/AP
General view of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 10, 2012. The Egyptian military assumed joint responsibility with the police for security and protecting state institutions until the results of a Dec. 15 constitutional referendum are announced. Hassan Ammar/AP
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is seen during a photo opportunity in his office at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 8, 2012. Egypt's military said that serious dialogue is the 'best and only' way to overcome the nation's deepening conflict over a disputed draft constitution hurriedly adopted by Islamist allies of President Mohammed Morsi, and recent decrees granting himself near-absolute powers. Maya Alleruzzo/AP
Egyptian army soldiers stand guard near the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 9, 2012. Egypt's liberal opposition called for more protests, seeking to keep up the momentum of its street campaign after the president made a partial concession overnight but refused its main demand he rescind a draft constitution going to a referendum on Dec. 15. Hassan Ammar/AP
A framed portrait of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan Al-Banna lies on a chair in a ransacked room at the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters, in Cairo, Dec. 8, 2012. A senior Muslim Brotherhood official said a statement by Egypt's military calling for dialogue was a welcome step in helping to end a political crisis that did not take sides. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
The Islamist-dominated panel vote on a final draft of a new Egyptian constitution in Cairo, Nov. 29, 2012. The draft constitution that is now at the center of worsening political turmoil would empower Islamists to carry out the most widespread and strictest implementation of Islamic law that modern Egypt has seen. Mohammed Asad/AP
Azza el-Gharf of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (2nd l.) speaks with other members of the assembly during the vote on a final draft of a new Egyptian constitution in Cairo, Nov. 29, 2012. Mohammed Asad/AP
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When Egypt's lower house was dissolved, the advisory upper house gained sweeping legislative power. But only 10 percent of Egyptians bothered to vote for it.
When Egypt held elections for the upper house of parliament last year, few Egyptians bothered to go to the polls. They were fatigued from six rounds of voting for the lower house of parliament, and many felt the upper house, called the Shura Council, hardly mattered since its role was only an advisory one.
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