Sisi inaugration most interesting shots

Here are some photos of El-Sisi's inauguration as Egypt's new elected president, in addition to popular celebrations reflecting "strong support". 

AFP - A picture taken on June 8, 2014 shows a life size figure of Egypt's new President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) facing a mannequin of a woman in peasant green dress representing Egypt, displayed on Tahrir square in the capital Cairo.

AFP - Egyptian women kiss their national flag and a portrait of newly elected President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as they celebrate outside the high constitutional court in the capital Cairo, on June 8, 2014 during Sisi's swearing in ceremony.

The man behind congratulating El-Sisi across 8 Egyptian front pages

At least eight Egyptian daily newspapers (including two state-owned) featured a half-page congratulatory note on 4 June for Egypt's new president Abd El-Fatah El-Sisi.

The note read:

"Congratulations to Egypt

Under your wise leadership Egypt will add more to its glory for eternity

Hasan Abdullah Ismaik, Managing Director and CEO of Arabtec Holding, sincerely congratulates President Abd El-Fatah El-Sisi for the success of the democratic process and his election as president of the Arab Republic of Egypt"

The note occupied the bottom-half of the spread-sheet front pages of state-owned Al-Akhbar and Al-Gomhouriya. It also appeared in privately-owned papers of Al-Sherouk, Al-Masry Al-Youm, Al-Watan, Al-Tahrir, Al-Youm Al-Sabea, in addition to the liberal Al-Wafd Party's Al-Wafd. 

It carried the logo of UAE-based Arabtec Holding, whose managing director and CEO is Hasan Ismaik, a Jordanian billionaire who recently came to Forbes' attention.

On 9 March, Ismaik's company and Egypt's defense ministry, then headed by El-Sisi, signed an agreement to construct one million housing units across Egypt. 

This is not the only construction project the defense ministry, that has been led by the army's commander-in-chief, signed with Gulf-based companies. 

Shadows of old regimes in Egypt's 2014 presidential elections

Preliminary results of Egypt's presidential polls signal a landslide win for ex-army chief Abd El-Fattah El-Sisi. Initial figures give him over 95% of the votes. 

El-Sisi enjoys a wide popularity among Egyptians since he deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi amid nationwide protests against him in July 2013. So these results are a victory for many of his supporters who vehemently oppose the Muslim Brotherhood or even the revolutionary youth - seen as "rash" or "unpatriotic". 

However, for many young people El-Sisi is a new Mubarak, against whom they revolted in 2011. And his presidential victory, especially with such popular support, falls heavy upon them. 

Many young social media users circulated photos of old-regime media content, that either hit the credibility of its figures or reflected a lack of change over the years.

This great shot by photographer Mohamed El-Shahed for AFP is of a wall on a Cairo street bearing two front pages of state-owned daily newspapers Al-Akhbar (L) and Al-Gomhouriya (R). The headlines show old promises of the army and the Brotherhood, claiming they don't aspire for power... when in fact time has shown that they both sought it later.

Al-Akhbar's headline reads, "The Muslim Brotherhood does not seek presidency... or government posisitions", while Al-Gomhourihya says, "The military institution will not nominate or support anyone for presidency." 

The Brotherhood put Mohamed Morsi forward for presidential elections in 2012, and the army did the same with El-Sisi in 2014. 

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As for the huge margin in the poll results, some social media users pulled out the front pages of state-owned newspapers during Gamal Abd El-Nasser's and Mubarak's reigns.