Opposition in EgyptPerformance in the Presidential Electionand Prospects for the Parliamentary Elections By Amr Hamzawy Hosni Mubarak landed a sweeping 88.6 percent victory in Egypt’s first multicandidate presidential election on

Mubarak says turnout will be key to elections   Agencies  Cairo: Turnout will be the main measure of success for the parliamentary elections kicking off this week, Egyptian President Hosni

A generation of Egyptians has lived their entire lives under the law, under which Egyptian families have lost their breadwinners to political prison. “Bring back our

Among the 150 candidates the Muslim Brotherhood is fielding in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, one stands out. Makarem Al Deiri, a 55-year-old professor of Arabic literature at Al Azhar University,

About the Election: A voter’s guide    By Sabry Abdul Bassit and Atef Awad Hassan The answers to these questions were provided by the 2005 Political Rights Law with assistance

Egypt’s opposition Muslim Brotherhood is standing in only about a third of parliamentary seats in coming elections, to avoid friction with the country’s ruling party, its leader said in comments

In an interview with the Egyptian al-Ahram daily, President Hosni Mubarak said his contacts with Arab and world leaders on regional issues have never stopped. President Mubarak noted that the

Female Islamist eyes Egyptian parliament seatWORLD BRIEFINGSBy Sharon OttermanTHE WASHINGTON TIMES CAIRO     Soft-spoken Makarim Eldery hopes to become the first female Islamist elected to the Egyptian par-liament. The 55-year-old widow

Egypt: dynamics of regime and opposition Amr Hamzawy Hosni Mubarak landed a sweeping victory (88.6 percent) in Egypt’s first multi-candidate presidential election on September 7. The election represented a step forward

Democracy in the Arab world: an assessment Rami G. Khouri Much as it has been for the past century, the Arab world remains caught, and nearly politically immobilized, between three forces