Much controversy has surrounded Egypt ’s upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for October as parties contemplate whether to boycott or participate.

Two conferences held on Friday evening in the Daqahliya and Assiut constituencies witnessed the decision made by the National Association for change to boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections if their

The National Democratic Ruling Party captured 80, of the 88 seats contested where 14 ruling party candidates ran unopposed.

According to sources the Islamist action front movement in Jordan has alleged that it is considering boycotting parliamentary elections scheduled to be held later this year.

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

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.

The Committee launched for evaluating the media's performance of the Shura Council's procedures accused the government of dominating the media coverage describing them as biased and pro-NDP.

Where are Egypt’s political parties in this picture? Clearly the country’s 24 licensed parties are not the engine of political dynamism.

Despite opposition parties and movements in Egypt including the Muslim Brotherhood, expressing distaste to the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to Egypt , talks still went under way

Over 200 activists assembled Tuesday in front of Egypt ’s Supreme Court protesting over the arrests and the beatings of fellow activists at a protest last week that had called