Political openings in Egypt over the last 30 years have come in waves. Swelling and then retreating, they have had little permanence.

Former Shura Candidates warned of a re-run of the sham which took place in June's mid-term Shura Council elections in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

A new guide issued by The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace provides background and analysis to Egypt’s upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.

It would be easy to dismiss Egypt’s November 29 parliamentary elections as just one more chapter in Egypt’s rather sad recent electoral history.

MP Mohamed Shordy and Al-Wafd party spokesman warned that thugs are being recruited by the ruling party to stir violence during the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for November.

Dr. Ahmed Diab, Secretary General of the MB parliamentary bloc, asserted that "universities in Egypt have become a tool used by state security authorities to persecute students affiliated with the

Moufid Shehab Minister of State for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs dismissed allegations of fraud and rigging in Egypt 's elections.

Egypt's President, Mubarak, has promised integrity in the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled to take place in November.

The Muslim Brotherhood's media spokesman Dr. Mohamed Morsy denied allegations in the media that the group has made a final decision concerning the upcoming parliamentary elections.

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt hasn't decided whether to boycott parliamentary elections scheduled for November, a spokesman said.