Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood scoring high The leading Islamic group is scoring high in Egypt’s legislative elections where, with only a third of polling completed, it has more than doubled its

US envoy goes undercover to monitor Egypt elections CAIRO — The US ambassador in Egypt disguised himself and visited a number of polling stations in central Cairo and Giza to

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood achieves major gains in parliamentary elections          The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s de facto largest opposition group, has achieved major gains in the first phase of the three-stage

A Message to the MB The distinct role of the Moslem Brotherhood is very noticeable. Being distinctive reflects the inner organized structure of the movement along with its popularity in

Violence and fraud mar parliamentary run-offs, including: 17 wounded in election day scuffles in Beni Suef; a woman shot and injured outside a polling station in a working-class area in

 INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE ON ELECTION MONITORING Wednesday, November 15, 2005 11:00AM The Independent Committee for Election Monitoring (ICEM), a coalition of sixteen NGOs led by the Ibn Khaldun Center is deploying

Is the Muslim Brotherhood part of Egypt’s democratic future? Two smart Arabist diplomats disagreeBy John Stuart Blackton "If only our government relied on people who knew the language and the

Egypt banned party support surges Egypt’s governing National Democratic Party (NDP) has won 68% of the seats in the first round of parliamentary elections held over the past two weeks.

EOHR observers were deprived from watching out counting votes processes Heads of some poll stations prevented the observers of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) from watching out the

First Round of Egyptian Parliamentary Elections  By Judith Latham Washington   The first round of Egypt’s much anticipated parliamentary elections got underway last week.  And while the voting proved inconclusive in