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Campaign promises

Mubarak’s campaign promises in his campaign kickoff event last night at Al Azhar Park:

An interview with George Giacaman about political Islam

An interview with George Giacaman BI: One of the stated aims of US Middle East policy is to engender democracy

Future of Democracy in the Arab World

Over the past year, the world has witnessed significant political reform throughout the Arab world – for example, democratic elections in Iraq, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, and Egypt.

Free at last!

Suddenly, the government has changed its position on the banned Muslim Brotherhood (MB). The MB’s new legal status is not entirely clear, but the group is allowed to speak and

Holy Civil War in France

PARIS rioters shouting "ALLAHU AKBAR" - Holy Civil War in France.....

The business of taking over politics

Magnates versus tycoons, and businessmen versus politicians: Gamal Essam El-Din looks at the key money-based races in the forthcoming parliamentary elections

Constituency combats

The first round of parliamentary elections will witness some hard fought battles, predicts Gamal Essam El-Din

Taking their chance

Taking their chance Mohamed Habib, deputy supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, talks to Amira Howeidy about the group’s parliamentary elections tactics

Egypt mixes politics and religion

With only one week to go before Egyptians begin electing a new parliament a row has broken out about mixing politics and religion. At issue is a slogan used by

CAIRO, Sept 7 (Reuters) – President Hosni Mubarak is widely expected to win Egypt’s first

CAIRO, 5 October (IRIN) - Egypt’s presidential election in September was a "false start" in moves towards greater democracy and the government must do more to ensure that parliamentary elections