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Salafi Nour Party mulls parliamentary coalition with Brotherhood
Egypt
December 5, 2011
Salafi Nour Party mulls parliamentary coalition with Brotherhood
Emad Abdel Ghafour, the chairman of the Salafi Nour Party, said that his party may form a parliamentary coalition with…
Powers of elected parliament remain unclear
Egypt
December 4, 2011
Powers of elected parliament remain unclear
The next parliament may end up being short-lived, but it is mandated with a crucial task: partially writing the country’s…
The Revolution Continues, but not in parliament
Egypt
December 3, 2011
The Revolution Continues, but not in parliament
The largest revolutionary alliance will not feature heavily in the “revolution’s parliament,” but the process that is putting it in place is…
Legal experts differ over possibility of elections annulment
Egypt
December 1, 2011
Legal experts differ over possibility of elections annulment
Legal experts differed over the possibility that the results of the first phase of the parliamentary elections could be appealed…
Monday’s papers: The democratic transformation commences
Egypt
November 28, 2011
Monday’s papers: The democratic transformation commences
As Egyptians head “willingly” today to elect the country’s first parliament since Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, both state-run and independent papers…
Live updates: Citizens try to break into polling station to vote
Egypt
November 28, 2011
Live updates: Citizens try to break into polling station to vote
Voting begins today in the first stage of Egypt's first post-Hosni Mubarak parliamentary elections. This stage of voting, which will…
Eye on elections: Does the workers and farmers quota help workers and farmers?
Egypt
November 27, 2011
Eye on elections: Does the workers and farmers quota help workers and farmers?
In 1964, during the height of “Arab Socialist” President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s popularity, a new constitution was drafted that included…
National Human Rights Council receives over 7000 requests to monitor elections
Egypt
November 12, 2011
National Human Rights Council receives over 7000 requests to monitor elections
The Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has received 7168 requests from civil organizations to monitor the upcoming parliamentary…
Liberal parties disagree on supra-constitutional principles document
Egypt
November 11, 2011
Liberal parties disagree on supra-constitutional principles document
Liberal political parties' reactions to the interim government's proposed supra-constitutional principles have varied between defending and rejecting the document.