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Elections in Egypt: Time to Back Up Our Rhetoric with Action

Elections in Egypt: Time to Back Up Our Rhetoric with Action Posted by Shadi HamidLorelei Kelly has asked me to guest blog this week. For more about me, click here.

Democracy also means that Islamists are allowed to vote

 Democracy also means that Islamists are allowed to vote   When Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced recently that Egypt would, for the first time in its history, hold a multi-candidate president election,

For Democratic Change, Deal with Moderate Islamists

has become common to suggest that the West should reach out to nonviolent Islamist political movements in the Arab world and integrate them into its democracy promotion efforts.

Remarks at the American University in Cairo

Remarks at the American University in Cairo Secretary Condoleezza RiceCairo, Egypt Thank you very much, Dr. Hala Mustafa, for that really kind and warm introduction and your inspiring thoughts about

Reform without reformers

Reform without reformersIs the influence of the NDP’s pro-reform wing ebbing, asks Omayma Abdel-Latif Hossam Badrawi, head of the outgoing People’s Assembly’s Education Committee and an NDP candidate, appeared in

Islamists go back to basics in Egypt vote campaign

SAFF, Egypt - Muslim Brotherhood candidate Gomaa al-Badry raises his voice over chants of “God is greatest” to tell thousands of Egyptians why they should vote for his Islamist group

Challenges and Prospects of Political Liberalization in Egypt

Challenges and Prospects of Political Liberalization in Egypt By Amr Hamzawy  House Committee on International RelationsHearing “Redefining Boundaries: Political Liberalization in the Arab World”    The Arab world is changing. Confronted with