With the issuing of two presidential decrees the battle of parliamentary elections is in full swing, reports Gamal Essam El-Din.

Egypt’s government broadcaster NileSat turned the plug off more than 20 satellite stations claiming they aired programmes run by extremist hosts encouraging religion intolerance and violating broadcasting licenses.

The Muslim Brotherhood in Assuit has confirmed that it will field six candidates to run in the parliamentary elections including one female.

The recent announcement of MB candidates fielded to run in the elections has triggered even further arrests by state security.

Al-Dostour’s recently dismissed chief editor, Ibrahim Eissa, was not fired due to ordinary disputes over administrative or editorial issues. The decision to remove Eissa was without a doubt political.

Media Spokesmen for the Muslim Brotherhood called on Egyptian citizens from different sects, trends, national, political powers and ideologies to unite.

According to the Middle East Report Information Project (MERIP), reports reveal that Egyptians believe that election results are fabricated and rigged with no integrity during elections.A recent report indicates that

I write this article not as the leader of an opposition party but as an Egyptian citizen concerned about my country’s affairs and as a researcher who has studied Egypt’s

Egypt’s main leftist party, Al-Tagammu, announced in a meeting Saturday it will compete in the next People’s Assembly (PA) elections in November.

Prominent MB member, and a leading figure in its parliamentary bloc, attorney Sobhi Saleh Saleh stressed during a symposium on Saturday that the MB is planning on participating in the