Polls closed in Egypt 's historic bid for president . Grandmother Nadia Fahmy , 70 , was so determined to be the first one to vote at her polling station that she camped out in a plastic chair for 2½ hours before it opened . The new ` ` bodes well for the rest of the Arab world , '' Maajid ##i says . Egypt is heading toward ` ` unhappy settlement '' with its neighbors , the expert says . ` ` I am here to vote for the first time in my life , '' a 70-year - old man says .
Polls closed in Egypt 's historic bid for president . The new ` ` bodes well for the rest of the Arab world , '' Maajid ##i says . Egypt is heading toward ` ` unhappy settlement '' with its neighbors , the expert says . ` ` I am here to vote for the first time in my life , '' a 70-year - old man says .