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Meet your presidential candidate: Mohamed Morsy, the substitute

Meet your presidential candidate: Mohamed Morsy, the substitute

Earlier this month, thousands of people rallied in the Mansoura stadium at a campaign event for the Muslim Brotherhood’s last-minute…
Meet your presidential candidate: Hesham al-Bastawisi, the legal fighter

Meet your presidential candidate: Hesham al-Bastawisi, the legal fighter

For decades, Hesham al-Bastawisi led the battle for the independence of the judiciary under toppled President Hosni Mubarak. For years,…
On economics, presidential platforms offer broad strokes

On economics, presidential platforms offer broad strokes

The media and economists frequently ring alarm bells about Egypt’s bleeding treasury and looming cash crisis. It is not uncommon…
Student union elections marred by legal ambiguities

Student union elections marred by legal ambiguities

Cairo University, Egypt’s largest public university, voted for its student union this year weeks after the vote was initially scheduled,…
Rights lawyer is only one of thousands of Egyptians languishing in Saudi prisons

Rights lawyer is only one of thousands of Egyptians languishing in Saudi prisons

The detention of Egyptian human rights lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawy by authorities in Saudi Arabia last week spurred popular outrage that…
Demolition of disused Alexandria Greek Club highlights larger problems

Demolition of disused Alexandria Greek Club highlights larger problems

Located on the ground floor of a spacious low-rise building, shaded by tall trees facing a small garden, the Greek…
Push for corruption-friendly private funds to be included in national budget

Push for corruption-friendly private funds to be included in national budget

 An issue that has enraged Parliament members in the Budget and Planning Committee over the last few months, and those…
In unlikely partnership, revolutionaries and Abu Ismail supporters move sit-in

In unlikely partnership, revolutionaries and Abu Ismail supporters move sit-in

After receiving little attention throughout their week-long sit-in in Tahrir, the various factions in the square coordinated a set of…
Parliament review: Continuing uncertainty, persisting religiosity

Parliament review: Continuing uncertainty, persisting religiosity

Parliament convened this week in the midst of the uncertainty looming over the Constituent Assembly that will draft Egypt's post-Hosni…
Israel media fear canceled gas deal harbinger of things to come

Israel media fear canceled gas deal harbinger of things to come

Following reports that the Egyptian company responsible for exporting natural gas to Israel decided to cut off shipments, both Israeli…
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