KAREEM FAHIM

Voting began Sunday in Egypt’s first parliamentary elections in four years, to replace the legislature that was dissolved in 2012 and to add legitimacy to the government of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.

Two years after President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi led a military takeover promising to restore order and security in Egypt, he faces a rising jihadi insurgency that has shaken the nation's stability.