Latest in Tag: elections Highlight
Latest in Tag: elections
Review: columnists consider Al-Nour party, Nile University conflict and division between Arabs
An internal dispute within the Salafi Al-Nour party captures the attention of one columnist, while another focuses on the ongoing conflict on the Nile University campus. The reasons behind Arab disunity are also considered, as is the removal of revolutionary graffiti in Tahrir square. What happens inside “Al-Nour” party kills the darkness Emad Al-Din …

People’s Assembly dead and buried
Supreme Administrative Court says parliament’s lower house is “null and void”

Nasserists join forces
The four largest Nasserist parties to announce merger at Gamal Abdel Nasser’s mausoleum on 42nd anniversary of his death

Elections to select new FJP president likely in October
Six or seven party figureheads are planning to run

Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood causes contreversy
The Jordanian Brotherhood’s new plan to limit powers of the king

Russia expels USAID for ‘political meddling’
A new diplomatic crisis between Russia and US predicted

Muslim Brotherhood: Victimhood in Power?
Power begets responsibility, which should beget accountability

Al-Nour conflict over elections
Chairman wants to postpone elections, high board refuses

Egyptian Conference not yet assembled
The reported merger of 25 liberal parties into one party under Amr Moussa’s leadership not complete

Just for you: National Democratic Party members re-enter political scene
NDP members will run in next election under the “Coalition of the People’s Representatives”

Romney: peace in Middle East “unthinkable”
Republican presidential candidate caught on camera

US lodges WTO complaint over China auto subsidies
US Trade Representative accusing Beijing of at least $1b in illegal subsidies

Two new political parties have marquee days
Al-Dostor Party officially established, Shafiq announces new party

Public prosecutor refers Shafiq to Interpol
The former presidential candidate is accused of profiteering, forging official documents, and seizing public funds
Review: usual flak for Morsy and Constitutent Assembly, US and salafist sheikh take a dose too
In today’s column review Morsy comes in for his usual dose of criticism from the pundits, as does Salafist Sheikh Wagdy Ghoneim. In terms of domestic politics, proportional electoral lists and the draft constitution are considered, while on the international front US funding of Egypt is examined. Amr Al-Shobaki The catastrophe of the proportional …

Does the Brotherhood have the right to “Ikwanise” the state?
We face now worrying bids to change the state, not the government

Somalia selects new president
Hassan Sheikh Mohamed faces massive obstacles as Somalia’s new president

US Presidential candidates lay politics aside to remember 9/11
Presidential campaigns taking a break on the memorial of 9/11

Ten Tips to the Dostour Party
In an attempt to be positive, here are 10 tips to help Al Dostour Party avoid repeating the same mistakes that all of the previous parties did.
Review: columnists condemn division of Liberal bloc
Major opinion pieces in Egyptian newspapers have debated a variety of topics that relate to Egyptian politics. Most importantly, most commentators have condemned the division and separation hitting the landscape of the secular power in Egypt. The success of the Muslim Brotherhood and the popularity of political Islam in Egypt has led many writers to …

Return of the king?
Somalis around the world await the naming of their next president

Google doodles: entertaining and educating the masses
Featuring Naguib Mahfouz, Om Kalthoum, Mahmoud Mokhtar and others, Egyptian doodles continue to interact with Egyptians

Hamzawi: “Morsy’s talk about being a president for all Egyptians is politically romantic”
Hamzawi asserts the importance of “unifying” liberal powers in the upcoming elections, discusses the mistakes of the past

Human Rights Centre requests new voter list for papal elections
Controversy ensues over election of new Coptic Pope

ElBaradei presides over Al-Dostour party
The Nobel-prize winning political idol officially heads the party he had co-founded

Al-Nour Party raises its members’ political awareness
Al-Nour Party raises political awareness as internal elections loom

Al-Beltagy urges in-depth investigation of Nakhnoukh’s ties to former regime
FJP leading member insists on crime boss’s association with violent incidents

Israeli airstrike targets militants, injures civilians
Hits against “two terror activity sites” in Gaza leave two civilians injured

US economic growth revised slightly higher for Q2
US Economy growing faster, yet remaining sluggish

Shafiq placed on watch list
Following corruption charges, former presidential candidate placed on watch and travel ban lists