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US State Department Calls for Transparency in Elections

P.J. Crowley, the US state department's spokesmen and Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Public Affairs urged the Egyptian authorities to ensure that elections were held in a free and

The Gap Between Elections and Change

Arab democratic practices and institutions are alive and kicking, but there continues to be a deep and chronic gap between the phenomenon of citizens who vote, and the policies of

MB Nominates 132 Candidates for Parliamentary Polls

The Muslim Brotherhood opposition group has maintained that it plans to field a total of 132 candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections, slated for November 28. MB MP Saad Husseini

In Blow to Al-Baradei, Brotherhood to Run Candidate List

Rejecting calls by former IAEA chief and opposition leader Muhammad Al-Baradei to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has decided to run a list of candidates for

Egypt to Issue Sukuk Rules in 2011 to Compete With Gulf: Islamic Finance

Egypt, home to the Arab world’s largest Muslim population, will issue its first Islamic debt guidelines in 2011 to catch up with the Persian Gulf and Southeast Asia and help

The Group: Band of outsiders

No other recent TV drama has courted the mammoth controversy that met Wahid Hamed’s “Al-Gama’a” (The Group).

Scapegoating the Muslim Brotherhood

Maybe the Brotherhood would win a free and fair election in Egypt. Maybe not. They are popular, but are they popular enough to bring home a majority vote? Probably not.

EGYPT: Muslim Brotherhood secures tens of thousands of signatures for ElBaradei’s petition

The number of Egyptians who have signed a petition for political reform proposed by potential presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei has doubled over the last two weeks after the Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt to charge Brotherhood leaders with money laundering

The Egyptian government has charged five members of the country’s leading opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood with money laundering and raising funds abroad. According to Egypt’s Attorney General Abdel Meguid

Egyptians believe Mubarak grooming son for power

With the 81 year old President Mubarak's health under speculation due to recent surgery, the notion of his son Gamal as a contender for the upcoming presidential elections seems all