Thousands of Morsi supporters at traditional Ramadan evening prayers

Описание: (9 Jul 2013)
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++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Zoom in of thousands of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to Morsi banner, outside Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque
2. Mid of Morsi supporters chanting that Morsi is the legitimate ruler
3. Mid of female protesters holding paper which reads: (Arabic): "Sissi leave" (referring to military chief General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi)
4. Mid of pro-Morsi protesters holding Morsi photo
5. Wide of thousands of protesters praying, in traditional prayers marking the start of Ramadan, outside Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque
6. Close up of pro-Morsi protesters praying
7. Wide of thousands of protesters praying traditional Ramadan prayers
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop, Wafaa Hefni, Supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi:
"We hope that Ramadan comes this year with hope and peace to everyone and to Egypt in particular, and we declare that we will fast and pray in Rabaah until our President returns to us."
9. Wide of thousands of Morsi supporters outside Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque
STORYLINE:
Thousands of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi gathered on Tuesday night in Cairo, demanding that he be returned to power.
The protesters held prayers to welcome in the holy month of Ramadan, the 30-day long celebrations when Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.
One Morsi supporter wished that Ramadan would bring "hope and peace to everyone and to Egypt in particular."
The month of fasting tends to cut down activity during the day, but it was unclear if it would have any effect on the largely nocturnal street rallies in Egypt, and the pro-Morsi camp will likely use the religious festival to rally its base.
The interim president Adly Mansour called for a reconciliation process called "one People" to begin in Ramadan, to include meetings between opposing factions, but there was no sign the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies would attend.
Mansour named economist Hazem el-Beblawi as prime minister on Tuesday, ending days of deadlock as the head of the military pressured political factions to speed along the process, warning them that "manoeuvring" must not hold up the transition toward new elections after the ousting of Morsi.
El-Beblawi's appointment, along with the setting of a swift timetable for parliamentary and presidential elections early next year, underlined the military-backed leadership's determination to push ahead with their transition plans in the face of Islamist protests demanding the reinstatement of Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president.
The military removed the country's first freely elected president last week after four days of massive protests by millions of Egyptians demanding he go.

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