The Over-The-Top First Campaign Video From Egypt's Former Top General

A guide to how to glorify military rule, in the form of a video created by an unofficial group supporting Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi released hours after Sisi announced he would be running for president.

By
Sheera Frenkel
by Sheera Frenkel

BuzzFeed News World Correspondent

A campaign rally for Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has been called for Friday, but his fans have already made him this unofficial campaign video.

In the video Sisi is shown leading Egypt's army in a steady jog.

And kissing thankful older men.

There is generally a lot of patriotic shots of Egypt's army, and Sisi leading them into victory.

It's hard to hear but she is saying, "Oh Sisi, all Egyptians love."

And then she has a message for Barack Obama and former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Ann Patterson. She's singing, "We refuse interference in our internal affairs."

(Many Egyptians believe that the U.S. funded the Muslim Brotherhood and helped them stay in power. They have expressed concern that the U.S. will interfere to return the Brotherhood to power and try and topple Egypt's army. Some conspiracy theories have even argued that President Obama is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.)

And in case you were wondering, she lays down the line again on what to call military ouster of the Brotherhood: "June 30 was a popular revolution not a military coup... We pray that our president will be Field Marshal Abdel Sisi."

You can watch the full video here.

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