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Wednesday’s papers: RIP Kamal al-Shazli and candidates use the Eid holiday to buy votes

كمال الشاذلي، المشرف على المجالس القومية المتخصصة سابقاً، وعضو مجلس الشعب السابق عن دائرة الباجور بمحافظة المنوفية، 10 نوفمبر 2004.
17 Nov 2010
Egypt’s state-owned media focused on what turned out to be a busy day of public appearances Wednesday for senior government officials. First there were early morning public prayers to commemorate Eid Al-Adha (The feast of sacrifice...
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Elections Monitor: Hotly-contested districts

Pro-Ahmed Shobeir campaign banners- under the auspices of Tanta Local Council member Abul Fotouh Saeed. National Democratic Party candidate and former vice president of the Egyptian Football Association Ahmed Shobeir is running for the professional's seat in Tanta constituency against independent rival Mohammed Gharabawi in the upcoming Parliamentary elections slated for November.
16 Nov 2010
Ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) candidates are competing against each other, as well as against independents and opposition candidates in several hotly-contested electoral districts. In Tanta, the first district in the governorate...
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Tuesday's Papers: Nominations upheld; meat for votes; Hajj and Eid

المئات من المسلمين يقفون في الخلاء يصلون صلاة عيد الأضحى، القاهرة، 16 نوفمبر 2010. يذكر أن عيد الأضحى هو أحد العيدين عند المسلمين - بالإضافة لعيد الفطر - ، ويوافق يوم 10 ذو الحجة من كل عام، ويقوم فيه العديد من المسلمين بالتقرب إلى الله في هذا اليوم بالتضحية بأحد الأنعام (خروف، أو بقرة، أو ناقة) وتوزيع لحم الأضحية على الأقارب والفقراء وأهل البيت.
16 Nov 2010
Egyptian newspapers focused their front-page news coverage on Tuesday on Egyptian pilgrims in Mecca and the Eid al-Ahda holiday. Other news headlines focused on Administrative Court rulings pertaining to parliamentary nominations...
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Elections Monitor: The business of elections, trading meat for votes

Omani women wearing traditional bedouin masks wait for customers to buy their sheep at a morning market in Nizwa, 140 kilometers north of the capital Muscat in preparation for Eid al-Adha, November 11, 2010. Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice, which commemorates biblical prophet Ibrahim's (or Abraham's) acceptance of God's command to sacrifice his son Ismail (or Ishmael). As Ibrahim was allowed to sacrifice a ram instead, Muslim families mark the day by ritually sacrificing sheep, goats, cows and other livestock, the meat of which is also shared with the needy.
15 Nov 2010
An eclectic mix of calligraphers, print shop owners, fake candidates, body guard agencies, thugs, cheer leaders and tent fabric traders impatiently await the People’s Assembly elections every five years to make huge profits, reports...
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Monday’s papers: Parliamentary races, Mecca is ‘safe,’ Egypt is Burundi's 'big sister’

15 Nov 2010
Monday’s headlines mainly revolve around the parliamentary elections, a “heated" race which “kicks off today” according to most papers, state-owned and otherwise. Government papers Al-Ahram and Al-Akhbar...
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Election Monitor: Challenges to the Muslim Brotherhood, tribalism and family politics may be reason for surplus NDP candidates

Logo for the Egyptian Brotherhood Facebook page
14 Nov 2010
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) on Sunday faces an ongoing security crackdown, escalating electoral battles with the NDP and Wafd parties, and persistent internal dissension in the run-up to parliamentary elections. Brotherhood member arrests...
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Sunday's papers: Dubious nuclear claims, strained relations with Coptic church and rise in newborns

Al-Dabaa site is the site of the first nuclear reactor for peaceful purposes in Egypt,on January 10 , 2010 . Al-Dabaa located in northeastern Nile Delta, on the west of the port city of Alexandria .
14 Nov 2010
An Associated Press report on an international investigation into Egypt’s nuclear ambitions makes headlines in Egyptian newspapers on Sunday. Highlighted on Al-Shorouk’s front page, the report says the International Atomic...
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Elections Monitor: “The sky is raining electoral contestations”

An excluded NDP MP candidate turning in his resignation from party membership, NDP Secretariat in 6 October, November 9, 2010. NDP has excluded a number of MP candidates in parliamentary elections in a number of constituencies, which  resulted in mass resignations of party membership nationwide. Excluded candidates express deep satisfaction with NDP, emphasizing party's loss of credibility.
11 Nov 2010
“The sky is raining electoral contestations” in Kafr al-Sheikh, reports privately-owned Al-Dostour. The phrase alludes to the increasingly popular use of motions to contest election candidacies. Several opposition and...
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Thursday’s papers: Mubarak launches electoral platform, Obama speaks in Jakarta, and security tightens along Gaza border

Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's President, in speech to nation, December 31, 2009.
11 Nov 2010
Thursday's front pages in state-owned papers Al-Ahram, Al-Akhbar and Al-Gomhorriya share identical reports on President Hosni Mubarak’s launch of the NDP electoral platform for the 28 November parliamentary elections. Al-Ahram...
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Elections Monitor: Allegations of lies levied against the Muslim Brotherhood

Application committee receiving candidacy applications, Giza, November 3, 2010. Security directorates will be receiving applications as of Wednesday, November 3, for five days. Candidates compete over 508 seats, 64 of which apply for the so-called Women Quota.
10 Nov 2010
The spread of rumors regarding candidate arrests and the activity of competitors is one of the Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) prevailing campaign tactics, reports privately-owned Al-Shorouk, in lengthy coverage based on a number of...
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