Why the Brotherhood disappoints Filed under  Egypt,  Issandr El Amrani  As many of you know, there was a Muslim Brotherhood organized protest on Wednesday evening, with one of the bigger

Egypt’s Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said the upcoming parliamentary elections will be transparent adding that the government is committed not to use government resources, facilities, worshipping places and schools in

Mubarak: Polls to boost legislative reformEgypt Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak said that the parliamentary polls, scheduled to start on November 9, complement the drive for constitutional and legislative reform. He

Court battles keep Egypt’s Nour from vote campaign By Edmund BlairEgyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour began the parliamentary election campaign with a hectic schedule. But he wasn’t busy winning over

Syria’s Assad pardons 190 political prisonersSource: Reuters By Suleiman al-Khalidi DAMASCUS, (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday pardoned 190 political prisoners in a step widely seen as aiming at

The Vice of the Supreme Guide of the Moslem Brotherhood, Khirat el-Shater, denied any differences between the National Front for Change and the MB regards the upcoming parliamentary election. He

voter boxes in Egypt  Cairo - Egyptians will cast their ballots in transparent boxes in parliamentary elections scheduled for November, the electoral commission decided on Monday. "Transparent boxes will allow

Kamal el-Shazly, the Minister of the People Assembly and the Undersectary of the National Democratic Party, said that the Moslem Brotherhood has remarkable presence in the political sphere. They are

Dr. Muhammad Kamal, a member in the General Assembly Board of the Political Committee of the National Democratic Party, called for putting an end to the security-motivated measures taking against

Dr. Abdel Monam Abu el-Fotoh, a member of the Supreme Council of the Moslem Brotherhood and the Secretary General of Arab Physicians’ Union, urged Egyptians to monitor the polling boxes