Latest in Tag: Opposition Highlight
Latest in Tag: Opposition
Tunisia opposition struggles to carve identity
Tunisia’s opposition has been undermined by differences since the 2011 revolution
Marches planned for two-year anniversary of Mubarak ousting
Opposition groups announce demonstrations marking two years since the departure of Mubarak and in criticism of Morsi
Analyzing Morsi’s Presidency
Since Morsi took office, the map of political actors that existed under SCAF has been reconfigured. During the 8 months of Morsi’s presidency, shifting political alliances and power relations have made for a complex political landscape. While such changes are expected in any political system undergoing a process of transformation, in Egypt they were significant …
Islamist, political figures announce ‘Conscience Front’
The FJP, Al-Wasat and other political figures initiate a new coalition which aims to stop violence and defend the revolution
Opposition prepares for another Friday of protests
Parties and movements set to march to the presidential palace and Tahrir Square in “Friday of Dignity or Leaving”
Review: Commentaries debate opposition, violence and corruption
Writers across Egyptian newspapers have explored an assortment of topics. Some of them dissected the deteriorating level of human rights in Egypt, especially after the recent clip of torture showing a man being beaten and dragged across the ground by Central Security Forces (CSF). Other writers condemned the opposition and their failing attempts to establish …
BBC explains NSF survey controversy
BBC explains NSF survey controversy
Morsi: There is no alternative to dialogue
President Mohamed Morsi will attend the next session of a national dialogue next week
The cautionary tale of NSFMommy and MBDaddy
Good morning Children, Today we are going to tell the story of the unfortunately very Egyptian marriage of NSFMommy and MBDaddy. Like most Egyptian marriage stories, it’s a very stupid family drama where there are no heroes and even the victim looks bad in the end. We are not sure if there is a moral …
Signature campaign to oust Morsi
Former MP Mohamed Abu Hamed aims to collect 15 million signatures demanding the departure of Morsi
Demeaning enough?
They kept repeating the clip in front of me for more than five subsequent times. I starred at the pixelated screen. But it was still okay. The viciousness was clear enough for me. I could see the legs kicking him in the back, sticks hammering him on his head, hands dragging him from his legs …
Review: Columnists debate Morsy’s poor performance
Several columnists have denounced Morsy’s recent visit to Germany as an example of his failure to consider the deteriorating political situation in Egypt, criticising his decision to visit Berlin amid the political uproar. Some highlight that many Egyptians regret their choice of Morsy as president. The failing trip to Germany Mohamed Salmawi Al-Masry Al-Youm …
Egypt’s opposition: The sultan’s slackers
By Karl Sharro There is an old Egyptian joke about Tanabel El-Sultan, (the Sultan’s slackers), who were notorious for their laziness. The sultan was so fed up with seeing the slackers lazing about that one day he ordered their execution. The slackers were loaded onto a wagon and driven off to be killed. Fortunately for …
Review: Commentaries denounce Morsy’s call for dialogue
After President Mohamed Morsy met with a number of politicians in a new round of dialogue talks, several opinion writers have denounced the move, believing it is another failed attempt at fruitless dialogue. Replacing the cabinet is the first solution Diaa Rashwan Al-Masry Al-Youm Rashwan believes that the only way out of this crisis …
NSF and Al-Nour announce unified vision
National Salvation Front and Al-Nour Party announce a set of unified demands
Conjuring the demon
Morsy, you are now face to face with those who have lost everything, including their hope for a better future and their faith in you
Blockheads
The genius of turning the Black Bloc into the new enemy is how perfect they are for it
Review: Columnists criticise presidency and violence
Opinion writers have condemned the presidency for its passive reaction towards the violence that continues to take place in many Egyptian cities. Although President Mohamed Morsy has called for dialogue with a number of political figures after addressing the nation in a televised speech on Sunday evening, more than one writer has placed the full …
Remembering the Friday of Anger
Marches planned to Shura Council and Presidential Palace
Morsy announces state of emergency in three cities
President Mohamed Morsy declares a month long state of emergency and curfew in three major cities overlooking the Suez Canal
Review: Columnists critique Morsy’s administration and its opposition
Commentators discussed Morsy’s administration, the failure of Hesham Qandil’s government to solve the simplest problems and the opposition’s plans to protest on the second anniversary of the January 25th Revolution. Opposition will not rule 25 January Emad Al-Din Hussein Al-Shorouk newspaper The opposition needs to understand that the path towards democracy is a long …
Train disaster fuels rising anger
News of Monday night’s deadly train accident in Badrashin, 40 km south of Cairo, shocked and dismayed Egyptians . Nineteen young conscripts of the Central Security Forces were killed and scores were injured (many of them critically) when two train carriages derailed and rammed into a parked freight train. The train, carrying more than a …
Blame the ‘OmniOpposition’
This OmniOpposition is labelled as such because, it seems, it is everywhere – and does everything
Parliament 2013: What to expect?
The constitutional fiasco is finally over; leaving the burden of dealing with its consequences and the political chaos this constitution is likely to produce on the shoulders of the opposition. In an attempt to face the Muslim Brotherhood’s ever growing hunger for power, the opposition has decided to further consolidate its unified front and prepare …
Opposition calls for 25 January protests
The National Salvation Front, Independence Current and Kefaya movement will protest against the new constitution on the second anniversary of the revolution
Editor’s letter: Egyptian naive hopes for 2013
For some reason, towards the end of every year I feel emotionally detached from the many wishes and hopes of a happy New Year. I always wonder what difference it would make waking up the following day in a year that has a different digit to the right. However, I still like these good wishes …
After the Constitution: Have we Really Achieved Stability?
rid The referendum was passed with nearly 64% of the electorate voting “Yes,” in two rounds of voting that possessed its fair share of violations, rigging and fraud. Those who did vote “No,” were not just saying no to the referendum itself, but also to the larger Muslim Brotherhood franchise. With regards to those who …
NSF sets four conditions for dialogue
Leading NSF figure Abdel Ghafar Shokr: ‘We are not opposing dialogue, but so far what is happening cannot be considered as real dialogue’
Morsy downplays economic crisis, calls on opposition to join dialogue
In an address to the Shura Council President Mohamed Morsy discussed the political situation, called for dialogue, addressed economic concerns and foreign affairs
Analysis: The lion, the sheikhs and the Brotherhood
Parliamentary elections part one: Egypt’s divided Islamists