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Articles of the author Ebtessam Talab
Political forces launch initiative to salvage the revolution
Fifty political parties, civil society organizations, youth coalitions, syndicates and student unions on Thursday launched an initiative to salvage the revolution At a press conference at Cairo University, the initiative said it calls on the ruling (...)

22 - 09 - 2011
Opinions split over interim government''s performance
Politicians and opposition leaders are divided on their assessment of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf's government 100 days after it was formed in March. Sine said that while it was supposed to be the product of the revolution, the interim government (...)

24 - 06 - 2011
ElBaradei: Egypt still attracts foreign investment
Presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei, in a meeting with Arab and foreign investors on Tuesday, said Egypt can still attract long-term foreign investment. “The shortcomings we are facing are temporary,” he said. “Soon the economy will flourish (...)

14 - 06 - 2011
ElBaradei calls on political forces to put aside differences
Presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei has called on the various political forces to put their differences aside and work for the best interests of the country. In his meetings with youths from different governorates over the last three days, (...)

13 - 06 - 2011
Liberals and socialists seek to form secular coalition
A number of socialist and liberal political parties are working on forming a coalition to counter the rise of religious forces as Egypt heads towards parliamentary elections in September. Parties in the secularist coaltion would run on a unified (...)

12 - 06 - 2011
Military legal advisor demands special status for the army in the new constitution
Major-General Mamdouh Shain, legal advisor to the Egyptian defense minister, called on Thursday for a special status for the armed forces in the new constitution, exempting it from being at the “discretion” of the president, as he put it. At the (...)

26 - 05 - 2011
Supreme Council: The 1971 Constitution will not prevail
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, at a meeting with the Coalition of Revolutionary Youth on Tuesday, said that the 1971 Constitution will not prevail, and that the Constitutional Amendments Committee formed by the council is due to announce (...)

23 - 03 - 2011
Copts reject idea of forming Christian party
Coptic activists on Monday said they were against forming a Christian party, adding that they would rather join civil parties that are already formed or still under establishment. Meanwhile, members of the Union of Revolutionary Youth helped the (...)

14 - 03 - 2011
ElBaradei calls for investigating all former high-level officials
Reform advocate Mohamed ElBaradei, in a statement on Thursday, called for investigating the all of the former regime's leading officials. “Corruption was not limited to the mid-level leadership of that regime,” he said. “Slow justice is no justice,” (...)

24 - 02 - 2011
Revolutionaries call for million-man ''Friday of Victory'' celebration in Tahrir
The coalition of the 25 January Revolution has called for a million-man celebration on Friday in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other prominent public spaces throughout the capital to commemorate those who lost their lives in the 25 January uprising and (...)

16 - 02 - 2011
New NDP secretary-general denies dissolution of ruling party
Recently-appointed National Democratic Party (NDP) Secretary-General Mohamed Ragab has denied reports that the party had been dissolved following last week's ouster of longstanding president and party leader Hosni Mubarak. “Only party members can (...)

16 - 02 - 2011
Ex-NCHR head to Mubarak: ''Egypt needs peaceful revolution''
“I wrote to President Hosni Mubarak to tell him that he ought to lead a peaceful revolution in Egypt,” Ahmed Kamal Abul Magd, former chairman of the government-run National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), said on Thursday. Speaking at a conference (...)

13 - 01 - 2011
Tagammu Party board insists on contesting runoffs despite violations
The leftist opposition Tagammu Party's branch in Qalyubiya decided on Thursday to freeze its activities to protest the passive stance taken by the party's executive board vis-a-vis widespread reports of electoral fraud during Sunday's parliamentary (...)

02 - 12 - 2010
Tagammu to run in upcoming poll with 73 candidates
The leftist Tagammu Party has decided to partake in the parliamentary elections slated for November and plans to run 74 candidates in 12 provinces. A Saturday meeting led by the party's general secretariat prioritized continuity in pressing for (...)

03 - 10 - 2010
Tagammu to push for guarantees for a fair election
The Tagammu Party invited members of the coalition of opposition parties--the Wafd Party, the Nasserist Party and the Democratic Front Party--to a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the coalition's stance on participation in the upcoming People's (...)

17 - 08 - 2010
Karama Party enters presidential fray with new signature campaign
Hamdin Sabbahi, head of the opposition Karama Party (as yet unlicensed), announced the launch of a campaign on Tuesday to promote himself as a candidate in next year's presidential elections. The campaign will aim to collect signatures in support of (...)

09 - 08 - 2010
Conflicting statements on Gamal Mubarak reflect rift within ruling party, say observers
Recent statements by Ibrahim Kamel, member of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP)'s General Secretariat, in which he said the NDP would "most likely" nominate Gamal Mubarak for the presidency in the event that his father, President Hosni (...)

05 - 08 - 2010
Expelled residents of Tosson mark 100th day of sit-in
Residents of the Alexandrian district of Tosson commemorated on Wednesday the 100th day anniversary of their sit-in in front of the Ministry of Agriculture headquarters in Cairo. Protestors are demanding the government allow them to return to their (...)

14 - 07 - 2010
Official to hold conference for youth political participation
The head of the National Council for Youth has unveiled plans to hold a conference for young members of political parties in the lead up to the upcoming People's Assembly's elections in November. Safey Eddin Kharboush, council chairman and prominent (...)

04 - 07 - 2010
NDP official says Shura Council elections were rigged
A leading official in the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has acknowledged that election rigging did in fact occur in the Shura Council elections that took place last month. “I don't deny the existence of fraud and violations in some (...)

02 - 07 - 2010
6 April Movement call arrest of policemen in Khalid Saeed case victory
The 6 April Youth movement issued a statement Thursday calling the Alexandria District Attorney's decision to jail two Alexandria police officers accused of using excessive force on Khalid Saeed a victory. In their statement, the youth of 6 April (...)

02 - 07 - 2010
MP submits motion on sale of Cairo historical buildings
People's Assembly member Mustafa Bakri submitted an early-day motion yesterday to Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin about what he described as the continuing sale of historical buildings in downtown Cairo. In his request, Bakri accused the (...)

21 - 06 - 2010
Court hopes Tanta verdict deters workers'' rights violations
Al-Masry Al-Youm has obtained a copy of the Tanta Misdemeanor Court's rationale for its 16 June verdict sentencing Saudi investor Abdel Ilah Salah el-Kaki, owner and president of the Tanta Flax and Oils Company, along with two other company (...)

20 - 06 - 2010
Opposition parties label Shura Council elections ''terrorism''
The leadership of several opposition parties condemned the midterm Shura Council elections, describing them as “widely rigged with heavy police intervention.” The Shura Council elections serve as a lesson for both the opposition and the National (...)

04 - 06 - 2010
ElBaradei in US tomorrow
Leader of the National Association for Change (NAC) and former IAEA director Mohamed ElBaradei canceled his meeting with NAC members scheduled for yesterday, in order to travel tomorrow to the US, where he will stay for several weeks. Ali ElBaradei, (...)

15 - 04 - 2010
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