This year has seen a dramatic increase in political dissent and workers' protests in Hosni Mubarak's Egypt. In the first installment of this three-part series, Mostafa Omar looks at the

The recent meeting with the Muslim Brotherhood and 'could be presidential candidate' Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei ended amiably as both parties agreed on the significance of political amendments and reform in

They make strange bedfellows. Mohammed ElBaradei is a staunch secular liberal; Mohammed Said al Katatni is the head of the Muslim Brotherhood bloc in Egypt’s parliament, a group of Islamist

Former IAEA chief Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei met yesterday with Mohammed Sa'ad al Katatni, the MB's parliament leader in what may be described as amiable discussions

Mohamed ElBaradei’s popularity and support seem to be teetering toward oblivion in Egypt, after months of calls for change.

MB Chairman Dr. Mohamed Badie stressed that the continued violations of the rights on the MB candidates regarding the Shura elections and the non-implementation of the judicial rulings resorting to

With the approach of the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections and 2011 presidential election, the opposition has been reinvigorated, especially since the arrival of former IAEA Chief Inspector Mohamed ElBaradei.

Leading jurists warned the higher election committee of the dangers of not enforcing the judicial decisions of eliminating NDP candidate Hoda Tablawy from the Kafr El-Sheik Constituency from the nomination

Muslim Brotherhood media spokesman Dr. Essam Al Erian maintained that the bloc insisted on participating in the controversial Shura elections in an effort to reveal the regime's true colours.

Security forces in the Egyptian constituency of Qalyubeya launched a massive campaign against Muslim Brotherhood Shura candidate Mohamed Abdul Magid Desouky.