Items related to 2012 presidential candidates

A file photo of Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo.
Al-Azhar denies having contacted Morsy or Shafiq
Al-Masry Al-Youm 30 May 2012
Al-Azhar has denied a report published by a private newspaper on Wednesday that it has requested presidential...
Presidential hopeful Hisham al-Bastawisy during an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm, Suez, 7 July 2011.
Bastawisi returns to bench in Kuwait after losing presidential race
Al-Masry Al-Youm 29 May 2012
Hesham al-Bastawisi will return to Kuwait to work as a judge after not proceeding to the second round of the...
Khaled Ali. Presidential elections 2012
Khaled Ali: Second revolution inevitable in Egypt
Al-Masry Al-Youm 18 May 2012
Presidential hopeful Khaled Ali said that a second revolution was inevitable in Egypt in spite of who is elected...
Presidential hopeful Amr Moussa during a popular rally, Sherbas village, Damietta, 20 September, 2011. Moussa headed to Damietta as part of his presidential elecoral campaign to drum up support.  
Presidential candidate withdraws for the benefit of Amr Moussa
Egypt Independent 16 May 2012
Mohamed Fawzy Eissa, the Democratic Generation Party’s presidential candidate, has officially withdrawn from the...
Abouel Fotouh. Presidential elections 2012
Brotherhood leader supports Abouel Fotouh, calls for dropping Morsy
Al-Masry Al-Youm 14 May 2012
Mostafa Kamshish, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Shura Council in Giza, has joined the campaign supporting...
File photo of Islamic presidential hopeful Hazem abu Ismail
Abu Ismail promises to continue legal battles
Al-Masry Al-Youm 08 May 2012
Excluded presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail told Al-Masry Al-Youm Tuesday that he will continue filing...
A huge portrait of Dr. Mohamed Mursi, FJP presidential candidate is held up by supporters during march from Giza to Tahrir Square, April 27, 2012, to join protests of Friday of "Saving the Revolution" to demand hand over of power.
FJP draws parallels between new French president and Morsy
Heba Afify 08 May 2012
After socialist candidate Francois Hollande won the French presidential election earlier this week, Egyptian...
Spokesman of Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Mursi (C), senior Brotherhood Essam El-Erian (L) and Saad al-Katatni (R) head of the Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary group, attend a joint press conference under slogan “excessiveness of the government to Fraud the election 2010”, Cairo, November 22, 2010.
Ahead of historic election, tension builds between Brotherhood and Salafis
Noha El-Hennawy 08 May 2012
On the eve of Egypt’s anticipated presidential poll, tension is mounting between the Muslim Brotherhood and...
Attempt to form presidential team including Sabbahi and Abouel Fotouh fails
Egypt Independent 01 May 2012
An attempt by several political figures to form a presidential team that includes candidates Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh...
محمد مرسي، عضو مكتب الإرشاد ومسؤول لجنة الانتخابات بجماعة الإخوان المسلمين، في حوار لجريدة «المصري اليوم» ، 11 أغسطس 2009
Morsy: FJP would secure jobs for 2 million in 4 years
MENA 30 Apr 2012
Many investors are waiting for the end of the presidential election to pump investments into Egypt worth LE200 billion...