While state employees have historically shied away from street politics, some have begun to engage in protests in front of key government agencies over the last four years.
In the wake of the 25 January uprising, employees in many sectors--including...
Ahmed Ezz, the National Democratic Party secretary of the organization, was a prominent--albeit controversial--figure in the 2010 People’s Assembly elections. While some commentators charge him with creating a “fake” victory for...
It is not clear why commentators in independent and partisan newspapers insist on pointing out the negative features of the 2010 People’s Assembly elections rather than looking at the glass half-full, writes Ahmed Soqarno in state-run Rose al-...
As the new People’s Assembly prepares to begin operations on Monday, opposition parties and movements continue to contest its constitutional legitimacy. Moreover, international news networks and civil society organizations agree that 2010...
As the new People’s Assembly takes effect, Egypt’s opposition faces a series of challenges, including internal divisions and the imperative of devising a strategy for the period in which they will remain largely absent from parliament....
“A new parliament without the outlawed,” reads the headline of an opinion piece by Mohammed Barakat, editor-in-chief of state-run Al-Akhbar. According to Barakat, a parliament without the Brotherhood is positive for Egyptian politics,...
The National Democratic Party has won 419 seats out of 504 contested seats in the people’s assembly elections, thereby ensuring “an overwhelming majority,” reports state-run Al-Ahram.
Elections were postponed over four additional...
Five hundred and sixty-six candidates competed for 283 seats in Monday’s run-offs, reports state-run Al-Ahram. The state flagship's front-page coverage highlights “new gains for the opposition,” citing 11 Wafd and Muslim...
“A Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group kidnaps Magdi Ashour to prevent him from [participating in Nozha District] run-off [parliamentary] elections,” reads a front-page headline in state-run Rose al-Youssef.
According to the report, Ashour...
"Can the public still say that Egypt’s judges fear God?” asks former head of the Judges Club Mahmoud al-Khudairi in Thursday’s issue of privately-owned Al-Shorouk. It is difficult, al-Khudairi responds, in an op-ed, to answer...