With the thrilling title “The Secret of the Temple,” a dissident from the Muslim Brotherhood has shaken the book market and attracted wide media attention, thanks to his controversial account of the history and internal politics of the nation's (...)
In his book “Al-Azhar: the Sheikh and the Mosque,” Helmy al Namnam writes: “The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar ascended the pulpit to sing the praise of Bonaparte while delivering the Eid sermon ... Sheikh [Abdullah] al-Sharqawy warned worshippers and all (...)
A submission to Salafi thought, wishy-washy attitudes vis-à-vis social protests, the adoption of a rural culture. With these three inflammatory headlines, a remarkable book had hit the market in summer 2012 highlighting the internal politics of the (...)
Experts on Islamist movements and democratization have long held that Islamist groups, if they are allowed to engage freely in the political system, tend to make significant ideological concessions, adopt democratic values, and act (...)
Despite massive opposition to their rule, the Muslim Brothers are still confident the ballot box can reinstate their dominance and create a stable political system.
Only two days stand between Egyptian voters and the referendum over the (...)
Just a few hours after judges heard about President Mohamed Morsy's decision to dismiss the public prosecutor, they were able to mobilize a robust opposition to the decree — and foment accusations that the newly elected Islamist leader is infringing (...)
Amid skepticism over the genuineness of the poll, the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing is set to hold its first open internal elections to select a new president next week.
The Freedom and Justice Party's general assembly is scheduled to convene (...)
Once again Salafis are making headlines, not with incendiary statements, but because of internal rivalries that may threaten their most influential party.
The Nour Party, the largest Salafi political organization, has been recently racked by (...)
Although no date has been set yet for the upcoming parliamentary elections, different political parties have already begun talks in order to build electoral alliances. While secularists hope to establish one bloc to counter the Muslim Brotherhood's (...)
Egypt Independent met with Ameur Larayedh, Tunisia's Ennahda political bureau head, constitution-writing assembly member and well-known moderate, who returned to Tunisia last year after 20 years of exile in France. He spoke about his party's (...)
Thursday's press shows conflicting reports about the future of journalists convicted of libel and defamation in the Muslim Brotherhood-led political order.
The mouthpiece newspaper of the nation's de facto rulers, Freedom and Justice, says that the (...)
More than a month ago, the Muslim Brotherhood's mouthpiece newspaper coined two dichotomous categories of media.
One was “the black media,” or local TV channels and newspapers that strive “to reproduce the old regime” and “spread lies” about newly (...)
For decades, the highpoint of Ramadan's drama had been a serial about an idealistic middle class character who strives to dry the springs of ignorance or defeat corrupt forces. The archetypes of this strand of drama were the late Osama Anwar Okasha (...)
Raja Ben Slama, a professor of Arab civilization at Manouba University in Tunis, founder of The Tunisian Cultural Association to Defend Laicism, and an outspoken critic of political Islam, spoke to Egypt Independent on Tunisia's fierce (...)
Wednesday's papers still attempt to unpack the events that culminated in President Mohamed Morsy's decision to oust the two top military strongmen. As usual, private daily Al-Shorouk quotes anonymous sources claiming that Morsy intended to sack (...)
By claiming legislative authorities and canceling a military-issued constitutional charter that gave the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces the right to meddle with the permanent constitution, President Mohamed Morsy denied the military junta any (...)
As millions of Egyptians were glued to their television screens to watch votes in the presidential runoff be counted, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces issued a new decree broadening their jurisdiction, potentially giving them the upper hand (...)
News about the Constituent Assembly tasked with writing Egypt's post-Hosni Mubarak constitution makes headlines in all of Wednesday's papers. Yet, each daily has a different take on the matter. While state-owned Al-Ahram and the Muslim Brotherhood's (...)
In Egypt's unpredictable presidential poll, the two most controversial contenders emerged triumphant to qualify for next month's run-off amid fears that either candidate's victory may deal a blow to the 25 January revolution.
On 16 and 17 June the (...)
As preliminary results of overseas voting put the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate at the front of the presidential race, the organization concluded its campaign last night from the heart of Cairo with confidence that its nominee would achieve similar (...)
In light of the imminent failure of political groups to draft a permanent constitution before a new president is elected, the debate resumes on the best temporary constitutional framework that can regulate power sharing between different branches of (...)
On the eve of Egypt's anticipated presidential poll, tension is mounting between the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafis, after the latter have declined to back the Brotherhood's presidential nominee and opposed its calls to bring down the Cabinet.
After (...)
Tuesday's papers pursue their coverage of the Cabinet reshuffle saga with contradictory headlines. For example, the privately owned Al-Shorouk leads with “Winds of change to sweep [Kamal] al-Ganzouri's Cabinet,” in reference to the incumbent prime (...)
Earlier this month, thousands of people rallied in the Mansoura stadium at a campaign event for the Muslim Brotherhood's last-minute presidential nominee.
After a brief and flattering introduction by one of his campaigners, Mohamed Morsy stood up, (...)
A few hours after he had been excluded from the presidential race, Muslim Brotherhood strongman Khairat al-Shater addressed the media with a new defiant discourse. The 62-year-old businessman contended that the Presidential Elections Commission (...)