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Post-Election Egypt- A Digital Political Discussion Room

A president who has governed with an iron fist for 29 years, an election where only a quarter of eligible voters turned up, a fraudulent election hailed as a great

Egypt’s Old and New Opposition – And Why They Need Each Other

The Arab world has proven stubbornly resistant to democratic change.

NDP Forms a Committee of Senior Lawyers to Find a Way Out of Electoral Appeals

According to recent reports the National Democratic Party (NDP) is forming many legal committees to discuss ways to respond to the appeals filed before courts that call for repealing the

The privatization of fraud

Egypt’s recently concluded legislative elections did not only end with a landslide victory for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), having secured 93 percent of the seats in parliament, but

MB and Opposition Increase Coordination Efforts

In the aftermath of Egypt’s ruling NDP’s illegitimate sweep of the parliamentary elections opposition movements and parties have been increasing coordination.

Egyptian Elections and Opposition: Declaration of Death or the Launch of a New Phase

Disappointing election results of the 2010 People's Assembly polls came as a thunderbolt not only to the opposition parties but also to the masses.

Egypt’s Legitimacy Crisis in the Aftermath of Flawed Elections

The first round of parliamentary elections in Egypt has left behind a political scene that is simultaneously frustrating and puzzling.

Furor Grows Over Egypt’s Election Results

As the country awaits the Egyptian government’s official announcement of results from Sunday’s parliamentary elections, unofficial results show — not surprisingly — that the ruling party crushed the opposition in

Six Dawn Raids and Two MB Arrests Including Journalist

Security forces stormed the houses of 6 Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Alexandria however only 1 leader was arrested due to the absence of the other 5 from their homes.

Egypt elections: Hosni Mubarak awaits his managed landslide

Egyptians wishing to stand in the general election on 28 November must file an application by Sunday, the interior ministry said last week.