# Cairo · 18 October 2011 > Photos and videos from Cairo on 18 October 2011. ## Facts - **What:** Cairo · 18 October 2011 (News story) - **Where:** [Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/location/cairo), [Israeli](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/location/israeli) - **When:** 2011-10-18 – 2012-07-25 - **Media:** 38 photos, 0 videos, 0 rushes - **Credit:** © apaimages / Ahmed Asd, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY, Mahmud al-Hamus, Mohammed al-Hums - **Licensing:** Editorial licenses on request: https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/pricing (sales@apa.atyaf.co). 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Photo by Mahmud al-Hamus - [Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal watches TV in at his residential headquarters in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020592) — APA-PH-2011-020592 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mahmud al-Hamus Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal watches TV in at his residential headquarters in Cairo, Egypt Oct. 18,2011. Gaza's Hamas Islamist rulers released captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on Tuesday in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, a Hamas military source said, in a deal ending a saga that has gripped Israel for five years. Photo by Mahmud al-Hamus - [Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal watches TV in at his residential headquarters in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020593) — APA-PH-2011-020593 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mahmud al-Hamus Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal watches TV in at his residential headquarters in Cairo, Egypt Oct. 18,2011. Gaza's Hamas Islamist rulers released captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on Tuesday in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, a Hamas military source said, in a deal ending a saga that has gripped Israel for five years. Photo by Mahmud al-Hamus - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020796) — APA-PH-2011-020796 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Ahmed Asd - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020797) — APA-PH-2011-020797 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Ahmed Asd - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020798) — APA-PH-2011-020798 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Ahmed Asd - [Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal, left, greets a Palestinian released prisoner upon his arrival in Cairo, Egypt](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020799) — APA-PH-2011-020799 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal, left, greets a Palestinian released prisoner upon his arrival in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct.18, 2011 .Hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for five years by the enclave's Islamist rulers, Hamas. Photo by Ahmed Asd - [Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal, left, greets a Palestinian released prisoner upon his arrival in Cairo, Egypt](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020800) — APA-PH-2011-020800 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal, left, greets a Palestinian released prisoner upon his arrival in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct.18, 2011 .Hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for five years by the enclave's Islamist rulers, Hamas. Photo by Ahmed Asd - [Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal, left, greets a Palestinian released prisoner upon his arrival in Cairo, Egypt](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020801) — APA-PH-2011-020801 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal, left, greets a Palestinian released prisoner upon his arrival in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct.18, 2011 .Hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for five years by the enclave's Islamist rulers, Hamas. Photo by Ahmed Asd - [Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal, left, greets a Palestinian released prisoner upon his arrival in Cairo, Egypt](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020802) — APA-PH-2011-020802 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal, left, greets a Palestinian released prisoner upon his arrival in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct.18, 2011 .Hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for five years by the enclave's Islamist rulers, Hamas. Photo by Ahmed Asd - [Palestinian released prisoner Ahlam el Tamimi waves upon her arrival in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020803) — APA-PH-2011-020803 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd Palestinian released prisoner Ahlam el Tamimi waves upon her arrival in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct.18, 2011 .Hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for five years by the enclave's Islamist rulers, Hamas. Photo by Ahmed Asd - [Palestinian released prisoners gather for a meeting with Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020804) — APA-PH-2011-020804 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd Palestinian released prisoners gather for a meeting with Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal, not pictured, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for five years by the enclave's Islamist rulers, Hamas. Photo by Ahmed Asd - [A Palestinian prisoner who will be deported to Turkey, gathers with his family during a press conference in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020805) — APA-PH-2011-020805 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd A Palestinian prisoner who will be deported to Turkey, gathers with his family during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, 18 October 2011. According to media sources, Hamas on 18 October exchanged Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who spent more than five years of isolation in a Gaza hide-out, for hundreds of Palestinian militants. Turkey will accept 10 Palestinians, who had been released on the c... - [Palestinian released prisoners gather for a meeting with Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020806) — APA-PH-2011-020806 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd Palestinian released prisoners gather for a meeting with Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal, not pictured, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for five years by the enclave's Islamist rulers, Hamas. Photo by Ahmed Asd - [Palestinian released prisoners gather for a meeting with Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020807) — APA-PH-2011-020807 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd Palestinian released prisoners gather for a meeting with Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal, not pictured, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for five years by the enclave's Islamist rulers, Hamas. Photo by Ahmed Asd - [Palestinian released prisoners gather for a meeting with Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020808) — APA-PH-2011-020808 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd Palestinian released prisoners gather for a meeting with Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal, not pictured, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for five years by the enclave's Islamist rulers, Hamas. Photo by Ahmed Asd - [Palestinian released prisoners gather for a meeting with Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020809) — APA-PH-2011-020809 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd Palestinian released prisoners gather for a meeting with Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal, not pictured, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for five years by the enclave's Islamist rulers, Hamas. Photo by Ahmed Asd - [A Palestinian prisoner who will be deported to Turkey, gathers with his family during a press conference in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020810) — APA-PH-2011-020810 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asd A Palestinian prisoner (R) who will be deported to Turkey, gathers with his family during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, 18 October 2011. According to media sources, Hamas on 18 October exchanged Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who spent more than five years of isolation in a Gaza hide-out, for hundreds of Palestinian militants. Turkey will accept 10 Palestinians, who had been released on t... - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020814) — APA-PH-2011-020814 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020816) — APA-PH-2011-020816 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020818) — APA-PH-2011-020818 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Palestinian released prisoner Ahlam el Tamimi waves upon her arrival in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020819) — APA-PH-2011-020819 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Palestinian released prisoner Ahlam el Tamimi upon her arrival in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct.18, 2011 .Hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for five years by the enclave's Islamist rulers, Hamas. Photo by .Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020821) — APA-PH-2011-020821 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020822) — APA-PH-2011-020822 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020823) — APA-PH-2011-020823 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020825) — APA-PH-2011-020825 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020826) — APA-PH-2011-020826 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020827) — APA-PH-2011-020827 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020828) — APA-PH-2011-020828 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020829) — APA-PH-2011-020829 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020830) — APA-PH-2011-020830 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020831) — APA-PH-2011-020831 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with Hamas militant leader Ahmed al-Jabari](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020832) — APA-PH-2011-020832 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with Hamas militant leader Ahmed al-Jabari, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with Hamas militant leader Ahmed al-Jabari](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020833) — APA-PH-2011-020833 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with Hamas militant leader Ahmed al-Jabari, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with Hamas militant leader Ahmed al-Jabari](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020834) — APA-PH-2011-020834 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with Hamas militant leader Ahmed al-Jabari, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with an Egyptian Intellegence cheif, Rafat Shahada](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2011-020835) — APA-PH-2011-020835 · photo · 2011-10-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Mohammed al-Hums Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal meets with an Egyptian Intellegence cheif, Rafat Shahada, in Cairo on October 18, 2011. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in a landmark deal which also saw 477 Palestinian detainees walk free, the first of some 1,027 Palestinians who will be freed. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums - [Egypt](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2012-015572) — APA-PH-2012-015572 · photo · 2012-07-25 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian Presidency (Handout) Egyptian nominated Prime Minister Hisham Qandil, at the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, 25 July 2012. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi named the country's new Prime Minister on 24 July and he in turn promised to form a technocratic cabinet in coordination with the president. Hisham Qandil, who was the Minister of Water and Irrigation in the outgoing cabinet, was asked by Morsi to form a new... - [Egypt](https://apa.atyaf.co/tr/photo/APA-PH-2012-015573) — APA-PH-2012-015573 · photo · 2012-07-25 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian Presidency (Handout) Egyptian nominated Prime Minister Hisham Qandil, at the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, 25 July 2012. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi named the country's new Prime Minister on 24 July and he in turn promised to form a technocratic cabinet in coordination with the president. Hisham Qandil, who was the Minister of Water and Irrigation in the outgoing cabinet, was asked by Morsi to form a new...