Egypt liberals try to salvage win after Islamist rout

Egypt liberals try to salvage win after Islamist rout

By SAMER AL-ATRUSH, AFP
CAIRO - In Cairo's leafy Zamalek district, liberal Egyptians trickled into polling stations from the morning to salvage a victory in run offs on Monday for a parliament Islamists appeared poised to dominate.

Ten months after president Hosni Mubarak's overthrow by an uprising driven by secular youths, liberals say they feel that their way of life is threatened by fundamentalist Islamist groups sweeping the polls.

"I voted for (liberal candidate Mohammed Abu) Hammad. If he doesn't win here, I don't know where liberals will win," Amr al-Gidawi told AFP at a polling station in Zamalek, home to rich and foreign diplomats.

"I'm worried about decisions that would be taken against our way of life. We don't want a radical change in our way of life," the corporate lawyer said.

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