NDP wins majority and people anger Preliminary results in Egypt’s elections gave the leading opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, a record 20 percent of the seats in Parliament after a

An Egyptian was shot dead Thursday in the latest round of parliamentary polling which was marred by violent incidents and attempts by security forces to prevent opposition supporters from voting.

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has demonstrated consummate political savvy during the parliamentary campaign. With an unprecedented level of freedom since it has been allowed to use its real name, the banned

>Egyptian police have detained hundreds of members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood before the final round of the parliamentary poll, the group says. A spokesman for the banned Islamist group

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.

 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

It is unlikely that the Brotherhood would hold power, at least in the foreseeable future. However, let us presume for the sake of argument that they have formed a government.

The general guide (head) of the Muslim brothers in Egypt, Muhammad Mahdi Akef, said that the unhappiness of people regarding the ruling party has increase the number of votes his

Egyptian intellectuals and public figures from across the political spectrum have warned the government against the repercussions of election fraud and violence on democracy in the country.

Irked by the defeat it has suffered at the hand of the Muslim Brotherhood in the parliamentary polls, the government toke repressive measures to block further wins in the third