A crowd of thousands gathered at a youth-focused campaign rally for Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy Saturday evening at Cairo University.
Supporters marched in nearby streets, disrupting traffic in the area and chanting slogans for Morsy and carrying posters bearing his image.
In attendance were Freedom and Justice political party leaders, and legislators from both houses of Parliament. Also present were members of the hard-core soccer fan group the Ultras, who chanted "Freedom and Justice, the men are behind Morsy."
On a stage, organizers of the conference broadcast Quranic verses, and patriotic songs. One rap song featured the lyrics "Morsy, Morsy, son of the Brotherhood, symbol of balance, come on, come on, you millions of Egyptians, your wound will heal and oppression is gone… Renaissance, renaissance, the will of the millions, better years are coming."
Campaign workers distributed Morsy leaflets to passing by pedestrians and cars.
Also present were some Salafi leaders who have endorsed Morsy. Second deputy of the Committee for Sharia Law and Reform Mohamed Abdel Maqsood led supporters in chants of "Salafi and Brotherhood, one hand."
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
