2012 presidential election

Moussa fears elections will be rigged in favor of SCAF-backed candidate
Egypt

Moussa fears elections will be rigged in favor of SCAF-backed candidate

Presidential hopeful Amr Moussa warned of conspiracies seeking to hijack the revolution, and called on people to protect it and…
Egypt opens candidacy applications for ‘first free’ presidential election
Egypt

Egypt opens candidacy applications for ‘first free’ presidential election

On Saturday Egypt opened the door for presidential candidacy applications, 13 months after the ousting of former President Hosni Mubarak…
Meet the head of the Presidential Elections Commission
Egypt

Meet the head of the Presidential Elections Commission

Egypt is gearing up for the final stages of a tumultuous transitional period under the rule of the Supreme Council…
Meet your presidential candidate: Ahmed Shafiq, the loner
Egypt

Meet your presidential candidate: Ahmed Shafiq, the loner

Although he was forced to resign as prime minister in the face of raging protests just one year ago because…
Moussa: Political pressure caused Wafd not to support me
Egypt

Moussa: Political pressure caused Wafd not to support me

Political pressure caused the Wafd Party to back a different candidate for president, presidential aspirant Amr Moussa said Friday after…
Presidential Elections Commission prohibits campaigning from 14 March to 30 April
Egypt

Presidential Elections Commission prohibits campaigning from 14 March to 30 April

Farouk Sultan, chairman of the Presidential Elections Commission, on Thursday banned all forms of direct and indirect campaigning, whether visual,…
Meet your presidential candidate: Hazem Abu Ismail, the rebel
Egypt

Meet your presidential candidate: Hazem Abu Ismail, the rebel

For several years, Hazem Abu Ismail appeared on Salafi satellite channels in traditional Salafi garb — a robe and a…
Wafd endorses Mansour Hassan’s presidential bid
Egypt

Wafd endorses Mansour Hassan’s presidential bid

The Wafd Party’s supreme board supports Mansour Hassan, the head of the Advisory Council to the ruling military junta, in…
Sadat-era figure to run for president
Egypt

Sadat-era figure to run for president

A veteran Egyptian politician who is close to the country's military rulers and the powerful Muslim Brotherhood announced on Wednesday…
Meet your presidential candidate: Hamdeen Sabbahi, the anachronistic
Egypt

Meet your presidential candidate: Hamdeen Sabbahi, the anachronistic

When Gamal Abdel Nasser died in 1970, he left behind a progeny of like-minded ideologues who adhered to his form…
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