Latest in Tag: Brotherhood Highlight
Latest in Tag: Brotherhood
Morsi turns to Syria and football to polish his tarnished image
By James M. Dorsey President Mohamed Morsi and his flailing Muslim Brotherhood have turned to foreign policy and soccer to improve their battered image in advance of a planned mass anti-government protest at the end of this month and mounting calls for his resignation. In a bid to distract attention from his domestic woes, curry …
Eight governorates say âNoâ to new governors
Protests and sit-ins across the country after Morsiâs appointment of 17 new governors
The Price
The return of Naguib Sawiris to Egypt, along with the entire Sawiris Family, has raised some eyebrows on both sides of the political divide in Egypt, especially given that the Presidency sent a special envoy to welcome him back and hailed him as one of the âhonest businessmen of Egyptâ in an official statement. …
Easter and Islamists
Sometimes I have to go through excruciating pain to try and write in English about the basic rationale of Egyptian folk wisdom. While I always manage to convey the basic points behind such statements, there is a specific sense conveyed by these statements in Arabic. I say this because the amount of debate that took …
Andalous Institute condemns ârepressive police tacticsâ
The Andalous Institute for Tolerance and Anti-Violence Studies says the police are backing whatever regime is in power
Anger in Sinai after ex-Brotherhood leader insults people of the region
Parties and groups criticise Muslim Brotherhood in response to accusations that Sinai residents are spies
The dead of the Salem Express
Out of all the dive sites in the Red Sea, the Salem Express wreck is known among divers as the most depressing. In 1991, the passenger ferry carrying pilgrims back from Saudi Arabia sunk 18 metres under the turbulent waters of Safaga’s sea, killing all most of its passengers Resting on its side, the twisted …
Al-Azhar officials detained over food poisoning
Prosecution orders four daysâ detention for top officials
Review: Bassem Youssefâs interrogation and Al-Azhar University incident occupy writerâs attentions
Columnists in major Egyptian newspapers discuss the recent summoning for questioning of satrist Bassef Youssef and the fierce attack of Islamists on prominent artists and comedians. Also occupying the column inches was the food poisoning debacle at Al-Azhar University, which ended with the dismissal of the universityâs president. Writers argue that the poisoning of more …
Anti-brotherhood protests erupt across the nation
Violent clashes between protesters and government supporters across Egypt
Egypt lifts cooking gas prices, why itâs trivial
By Farah Halime How fitting that on April Foolâs Day, the Egyptian government attempts to deceive us all by claiming that its plans to raise the price of state-subsidised cooking gas for the first time in two decades will actually make any difference to the countryâs energy subsidy spending. In fact, it wonât, and it is unlikely …
Strange DaysâŠ
Think tankers and policy researchers working on Egypt in the States do not know what to make of all of this
Reactionary not progressive: Egyptâs economic policy
By Farah Halime In a desperate move to save power, Egyptâs international airport will close most of its runways for four hours each day from early June, Reuters has reported. The airport is the latest casualty of Egyptâs struggle to pay for fuel imports. As if to soften the blow, Reuters quoted the civil aviation minister Wael al-Maadawi …
Egyptâs Islamist Groupies
There are few Egyptâs president can rely on more in these economic hard times than his band of Islamist brothers. Key financial supporters from Islamist-led governments have come through with cash injections at times of extreme economic hardship, when Mohammed Morsi faced a spike in inflation and subsequent social unrest. Egyptâs Islamist groupies, including Qatar, Turkey, …
Brotherhood detain three during clashes in Alexandria
Three protesters taken to police station in Alexandria by Brotherhood members
Military Academy admits students from Brotherhood Families
Army spokesman: Loyalty to Egypt and the military is the essential requirement
European Parliament calls for suspending aid to Egypt
Democratic reform is a condition for supporting Egyptâs budget; MEPs call for abolishing the death penalty in Egypt
Al-Nour head meets with ministers of foreign affairs and education
Salafi party expresses concern over foreign policy and âdoes not want to enter strategic partnership with this cabinetâ
Calls for civil disobedience spread
Port Said enters ninth day of unrest, clashes in Daqahleya, Ismailia planning to join in
The army and the current crisis
The crisis that broke with Morsyâs constitutional declaration on 22 November reconfigured the political scene in Egypt. The map of political forces has changed a lot in this past month. Inside the opposition camp, a new alliance formed between liberals, leftists and conservatives to create the National Salvation Front. Inside the stateâs camp, the Muslim …
Muslim Brotherhood denies anti-Semitic remark from supreme guide
Jewish human rights group called for the severance of all ties between Egyptâs Muslim Brotherhood and the US government.
Mohamed Gouda discusses ‘Nahda’ project
Dr. Mohamed Gouda, a member of the Freedom and Justice Party’s (FJP) economic committee and its spokesman, responded to recent criticisms that businessmen prepared the partyâs Nahda project and that it does not sufficiently include leftist ideas.
Column review – Rule of the Brotherhood
Amr Hamzawy Al- Watan newspaper Some factions within the Egyptian community denounced the evolution of the 25 January revolution chiding all negative consequences ensued from the nation-wide protests. Amr Hamzawy, in his column âThe revolution, Egypt and the coming presidentâ answered the very fundamental question of âwhat did 25 January revolution achieve?â In a groundbreaking …