The new Egyptian Constitution requires that the parents of the president only hold Egyptian Citizenship. Hazem Abu Ismail has a sister that lives in California, and is a Citizen. It's been known for some time that his mother (Nawal Abdel Aziz Noor) has had a green card to visit her daughter (Hazem's sister), but what has just come out is that She (Nawal Abdel Aziz Noor) has US Citizenship, and a US passport.
The only phrase that really fits is from a friend upon hearing the news "Had some mommy issues, boy?"Reuters wrote:CAIRO | Sat Apr 7, 2012 12:33pm EDT
(Reuters) - Egypt's electoral commission said on Saturday it had received verification that the mother of a leading Salafi presidential candidate had U.S. citizenship, a status that will likely disqualify him from the race.
"On Saturday, the high electoral committee received a letter from the Foreign Ministry informing it that Nawal Abdel-Aziz, mother of Hazem Abu Ismail, obtained American nationality on October 25, 2006," the commission's Hatem Degato told Reuters.
The official said the commission would give a verdict on Abu Ismail's eligibility after the Sunday deadline for all presidential candidates to submit their applications to run.
I'd like to remind everyone that the Salafis make the Muslim Brotherhood look like Choir Boys, So, I'd like to think that this is this weekend's good news.