2012 presidential election

The mostly widely covered issues in Egypt’s newspapers today are the controversies and questions surrounding presidential hopefuls — particularly regarding their…

Senior leaders of the Salafi movement met with Islamic preacher Hazem Salah Abu Ismail Tuesday to convince him to drop…

Islamist presidential hopeful Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh launched his political platform on Monday at a celebratory rally in Cairo’s Al-Azhar…

Presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabbahi will officially submit his nomination papers to the Presidential Elections Commission on Friday, his electoral campaign…

The United States will not interfere with the Egyptian people’s choice for president, US Congressman David Dreier said Monday. In…

A prominent moderate Muslim Brotherhood figure said Monday that he voted against the group’s decision to nominate its deputy supreme…

The Presidential Elections Commission has received inquiries about candidacy requirements from 1,274 citizens as of Monday, the commission said on…

Abu Bakr al-Guindy, president of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, on Monday announced the completion of an…

Divisions may erupt among the Islamist factions in Egypt, and a split vote among supporters of Islamist presidential hopefuls running…

A popular campaign supporting military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi for president has lauded requests by some political groups asking…