In the beginning, Islamism was an “idea”. Then it acquired the garb of an “organisation”. The “organisation” — the Muslim Brotherhood and the jihadist groups that branched off of it —experienced many trials and tribulations in the context of the (...)
Mohamed Badie, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, said Thursday evening that the group has decided to participate in the "Friday of Persistence" protest on 8 July in order to preserve Egyptian unity.
Speaking to a conference at the (...)
A number of opposition leaders and political forces in Egypt, at a conference organized by the Wafd Party in Suez on Sunday, discussed ways to expand the concept of a shadow parliament, with a view to toppling the official parliament that they deem (...)
"We must win Shura Council seats fairly and honorably," Ahmed Ezz, the ruling National Democratic Party's secretary for organizational affairs, told party leaders in Qalyubiya. "We must distance the party from accusations of vote-rigging and bad (...)
Mohamed ElBaradei's star is fading on the political and media scene. A staple for newspapers since his return, ElBaradei is now moving to the back burner, as are several opposition groups that support his calls for change.
This regression has (...)
On his first campaign tour in advance of upcoming Shura Council elections, Mahmoud Abaza, president of the liberal opposition Wafd Party, denied on Tuesday that his party had received funding from foreign sources.
"We are the only party that takes (...)
Adli Hussein, governor of Qalyubia, said he rejects the decision by Minister of Social Solidarity Ali el-Moselhy last February to deprive the third child in every family of subsidies.
El-Moselhi said that, as a result of this decision, having more (...)
It was a year of politics, writes Mahmoud Khalil*, reflected in the new terminology used by the Egyptian press
Language is a vessel for transporting events, as well as a mirror that reflects them, revealing and concealing according to the parameters (...)