On May 26-27, Egyptians will head to voting booths to participate in the country’s second Presidential elections since the January 25 revolution in 2011. While the media has been awash with opinion pieces, analysis and more on the Presidential candidates, it is equally important to learn of the two candidates’ roots. So who is Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi? What about his contender Hamdeen Sabahi? Find out below. Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi Personal Life and Career Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was born on November 19, 1954 in the ancient district of Al-Gamaliya where his father owns a small business. He is married and has three sons and one daughter. Sisi graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy in 1977 before taking a General Command and Staff Course at the Egyptian Command and Staff College in 1987. In 1992, the former army chief took a General Command and Staff Course at the Joint Command and Staff College in the United Kingdom. He was then granted a Fellowship of the Higher War College at Nasser’s Military Sciences Academy in Egypt in 2003 and a War Course at the US Army War College in the United States in…
