Islamists build Egyptian parliamentary bloc

The Muslim Brotherhood built its strength in Egypt’s parliament this weekend, winning 29 seats in elections despite restrictions on voting and arrests of its supporters, official results showed on Sunday.

Judges may boycot elections

Egypt’s judges are considering boycotting the runoffs of the third and final phase of the month-long legislative elections, to protest violations and violence that marred the polling. "Many of our

Egypt’s Ayman Nour Expects Prison “At Any Moment”

When Egypt’s presidential runner-up Ayman Nur heads to court Sunday, he will take his prison bundle with him, expecting the final nail in the coffin of his challenge to the

NGO’s Report: Crackdowns and Blockage of Voters are the Titles of 3rd Round

NGO’s Report: Crackdowns and Blockage of Voters are the Titles of 3rd Round By Yasser Hady In its report, the Egyptian Association for Social Participation Rise detected the irregularities of the

The Muslim Brotherhood on the verge of victory (Part 1 of 3)

The Muslim Brotherhood on the verge of victory (Part 1 of 3)Ahmed Al-Rabei   The choice of Egypt’s ballot boxes should be respected regardless of the results. The Muslim Brotherhood should also

The National Campaign to Monitor Election Shadow Election Monitoring

The National Campaign to Monitor Election Shadow Election Monitoring Press Release Statement Concerning Parliament Stage II Re-Election Monitoring The National Campaign for Monitoring the Elections and the Arab Center for

Egypt awakes

The Guardian, Dec 3, 2005: Egypt Awakes Ahdaf soueif Topics:

Experts see Egyptian political transition evolving in next year or two

 A three-member panel of leading experts on Egyptian politics were of mixed minds about what the recent Egyptian parliamentary elections portend. But two Egyptian members of the panel predicted some

Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, (The Washington Times )

Rise of the Muslim BrotherhoodFor an outlawed political party, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has had an impressive showing in parliamentary elections. The group significantly bolstered its presence in 454-seat

Khairat el-Shater, blamed the group’s poor performance yesterday on the government.

The leading opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, won no seats in the final round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections after police barred thousands of its supporters from casting ballots, according to