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Articles of the author Dina Bishara
In wake of uprising, long-repressed state employees express grievances
While state employees have historically shied away from street politics, some have begun to engage in protests in front of key government agencies over the last four years. In the wake of the 25 January uprising, employees in many sectors--including (...)

15 - 02 - 2011
Elections Monitor: The controversial Ahmed Ezz
Ahmed Ezz, the National Democratic Party secretary of the organization, was a prominent--albeit controversial--figure in the 2010 People's Assembly elections. While some commentators charge him with creating a “fake” victory for the NDP and (...)

14 - 12 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Glass half-full or half-empty?
It is not clear why commentators in independent and partisan newspapers insist on pointing out the negative features of the 2010 People's Assembly elections rather than looking at the glass half-full, writes Ahmed Soqarno in state-run Rose (...)

13 - 12 - 2010
Elections Monitor: ''The day of anger''
As the new People's Assembly prepares to begin operations on Monday, opposition parties and movements continue to contest its constitutional legitimacy. Moreover, international news networks and civil society organizations agree that 2010 (...)

12 - 12 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Egypt''s opposition regroups in elections aftermath
As the new People's Assembly takes effect, Egypt's opposition faces a series of challenges, including internal divisions and the imperative of devising a strategy for the period in which they will remain largely absent from parliament. The Muslim (...)

09 - 12 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Brotherhood''s absence ''positive for Egypt''
“A new parliament without the outlawed,” reads the headline of an opinion piece by Mohammed Barakat, editor-in-chief of state-run Al-Akhbar. According to Barakat, a parliament without the Brotherhood is positive for Egyptian politics, constituting a (...)

08 - 12 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Violence in run-offs and calls to dissolve parliament
The National Democratic Party has won 419 seats out of 504 contested seats in the people's assembly elections, thereby ensuring “an overwhelming majority,” reports state-run Al-Ahram. Elections were postponed over four additional seats. According to (...)

07 - 12 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Discredited run-offs?
Five hundred and sixty-six candidates competed for 283 seats in Monday's run-offs, reports state-run Al-Ahram. The state flagship's front-page coverage highlights “new gains for the opposition,” citing 11 Wafd and Muslim Brotherhood candidates who (...)

06 - 12 - 2010
Elections Monitor: MB-NDP confrontation continues despite withdrawal decision
“A Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group kidnaps Magdi Ashour to prevent him from [participating in Nozha District] run-off [parliamentary] elections,” reads a front-page headline in state-run Rose al-Youssef. According to the report, Ashour's family had (...)

05 - 12 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Former prominent judge questions whether the Egyptian judiciary fears God
"Can the public still say that Egypt's judges fear God?” asks former head of the Judges Club Mahmoud al-Khudairi in Thursday's issue of privately-owned Al-Shorouk. It is difficult, al-Khudairi responds, in an op-ed, to answer (...)

02 - 12 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Opposition parties respond to first round losses
After suffering severe losses in the first round of parliamentary elections, Egypt's opposition parties and movements are condemning electoral violations and threatening to take steps to contest the results. The NDP-led government, however, (...)

01 - 12 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Egyptian judges express concern over integrity of elections
State-run newspapers and National Democratic Party (NDP) officials continue to tout Sunday's elections as democratic amid reports of fraud and violence. Notably, however, not only have Egypt's administrative justice courts issued rulings to halt (...)

30 - 11 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Violence and fraud mar parliamentary elections
“The people's voice thwarts attempts to undermine the democratic festivities,” reads the headline for state-run Al-Ahram. While state-run newspapers highlight the democratic features of the elections, the relatively peaceful process of polling, and (...)

29 - 11 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Violence and voter fraud proliferates
“The people choose their representatives today,” reads a front-page headline in state-run Al-Akhbar. Other state-run dailies echo a similarly positive tone. “Millions of voters elect the biggest parliament in Egypt's history,” reads state-run (...)

28 - 11 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Administrative justice rulings change electoral map
Three days before elections day, a series of administrative justice rulings are threatening to gerrymander the electoral map in several districts, reports privately-owned Al-Shrorouk. Moreover, civil society organizations are objecting to new (...)

25 - 11 - 2010
Election Monitor: Egypt fertile ground for Wafd gains, experts say
As parliamentary elections approach, experts agree the Wafd Party is poised to win the largest number of seats within Egypt's political opposition, replacing the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) as the largest opposition bloc in parliament. It remains (...)

24 - 11 - 2010
Elections Monitor: NDP-Muslim Brotherhood accusations
Several Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary candidates gathered their supporters and organized marches on Monday in an effort to incite security forces, reports state-run Rose al-Youssef, in a report about “new Muslim Brotherhood terrorism.” The (...)

23 - 11 - 2010
Elections Monitor: ''The Devil preaches!''
“We are not in need of American lessons in democracy or religious freedoms,” writes Ossama Saraya, editor-in-chief of state-run Al-Ahram newspaper, in a piece titled “The Devil preaches!” The tone of the piece is echoed in a number of other (...)

22 - 11 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Brotherhood-NDP clashes persist with emboldened fury
“The outlawed incited chaos and terrorism in Alexandria,” reads a front-page headline in state-run daily Al-Gomhorriya. The headline captures the heightening confrontation—and increasingly accusatory tone—between the “outlawed” Muslim Brotherhood (...)

21 - 11 - 2010
Elections Monitor: US continues calls for international elections monitoring
Former US ambassador to Egypt Edward Walker is now the latest US official to call on the Egyptian government to allow international monitoring of impending parliamentary elections to ensure “greater transparency,” reports privately-owned Al-Shorouk. (...)

18 - 11 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Eid prayers turn into campaign carnivals
Mosques and public spaces used for the Eid prayer turned into arenas of electoral competition across Egypt's governorates as People's Assembly candidates distributed meat and gifts to residents of their districts, reports privately-owned newspaper (...)

17 - 11 - 2010
Elections Monitor: Hotly-contested districts
Ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) candidates are competing against each other, as well as against independents and opposition candidates in several hotly-contested electoral districts. In Tanta, the first district in the governorate of (...)

16 - 11 - 2010
Elections Monitor: The business of elections, trading meat for votes
An eclectic mix of calligraphers, print shop owners, fake candidates, body guard agencies, thugs, cheer leaders and tent fabric traders impatiently await the People's Assembly elections every five years to make huge profits, reports Al-Wafd paper, (...)

15 - 11 - 2010
Election Monitor: Challenges to the Muslim Brotherhood, tribalism and family politics may be reason for surplus NDP candidates
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) on Sunday faces an ongoing security crackdown, escalating electoral battles with the NDP and Wafd parties, and persistent internal dissension in the run-up to parliamentary elections. Brotherhood member arrests have (...)

14 - 11 - 2010
Elections Monitor: “The sky is raining electoral contestations”
“The sky is raining electoral contestations” in Kafr al-Sheikh, reports privately-owned Al-Dostour. The phrase alludes to the increasingly popular use of motions to contest election candidacies. Several opposition and independent candidates are (...)

11 - 11 - 2010
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