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Face offs between the judiciary and the president look likely to continue in 2013

Face offs between the judiciary and the president look likely to continue in 2013

As the year comes to a close, the judiciary’s engrossing plotline culminates with quite a dramatic scene: stones hurled and…
Brotherhood’s politics may mean short term gains and long term losses

Brotherhood’s politics may mean short term gains and long term losses

Experts on Islamist movements and democratization have long held that Islamist groups, if they are allowed to engage freely in…
Beheira ‘yes’ vote reflects support for Islamist powers

Beheira ‘yes’ vote reflects support for Islamist powers

  Initial results show that around 80 percent of voters in Beheira approved of the draft constitution put to a…
Farewell, Samer Soliman

Farewell, Samer Soliman

“Today I lost part of my life. Farewell, Samer,” scholar Amr Abdel Rahman wrote of of his longtime friend Samer…
Elderly voters brave long lines to have their say in referendum

Elderly voters brave long lines to have their say in referendum

Farida Mohamed, an elderly voter in Giza, brought a chair to her polling station on Saturday in anticipation of the…
Corporal punishment is on the rise, and society acquiesces

Corporal punishment is on the rise, and society acquiesces

In the video, terrified schoolchildren line up at their teacher’s desk in a Delta kindergarten to have their homework corrected.…
Kafr al-Sheikh voters lean toward ‘yes’ in referendum

Kafr al-Sheikh voters lean toward ‘yes’ in referendum

KAFR AL-SHEIKH — The northern Delta governorate of Kafr al-Sheikh witnessed a relatively low turnout as residents cast their ballots…
Voting in Qalyubiya’s Banha highlights generation gap

Voting in Qalyubiya’s Banha highlights generation gap

  BANHA, Qalyubiya — Voting patterns in Qalyubiya Governorate's northern city of Bahna highlighted an age-specific split, as the second…
Alexandria clashes reignite ahead of phase two of referendum

Alexandria clashes reignite ahead of phase two of referendum

ALEXANDRIA — At least 80 people were injured Friday when clashes flared again in Alexandria between protesters campaigning against the…
A silent audience: Testing international responses to the Muslim Brotherhood

A silent audience: Testing international responses to the Muslim Brotherhood

The past month in Egypt has been a critical period in terms of testing the international community’s appetite for the…
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