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Hazem El-Beblawi. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Hazem El-Beblawi: Decision to disperse Brotherhood sit-ins had to be made

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Sep 2, 2014 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—In the final part of our two-part extensive interview with Hazem El-Beblawi, Asharq Al-Awsat talks to the former Egyptian prime minister about his experience in two transitional cabinets—in 2011 and 2013—and about the controversial decision...

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Hazem El-Beblawi. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Hazem El-Beblawi: I became PM when Egypt was in grave danger

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Sep 1, 2014 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—It was family friend Mohamed El-Baradei who first told Hazem El-Beblawi he had been chosen to become Egypt’s new prime minister. It was a dangerous time for the country: Islamist president Mohamed Mursi had just been ousted by the army (headed...

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Members of the Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) Islamist militia gather at the US diplomatic compound in the Libyan capital Tripoli, on August 31, 2014, after members of the group moved into the complex of several villas in southern Tripoli to prevent it from being looted, according to the faction. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA)

New Libyan cabinet to be formed “within a week”: parliamentary speaker

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Sep 1, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The formation of a new Libyan government is imminent, the country’s interim speaker of parliament, Faraj Bouhashem, told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday. Speaking via telephone from Tobruk, where the interim parliament is currently based, Bouhashem...

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Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak attends a Middle East peace talks event in the East Room at the White House in Washington DC on September 1, 2010. (Reuters/Jason Reed)

Mubarak resisted US pressure to give up the Sinai: The Secret Files

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Aug 24, 2014 | Features

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Towards the end of his tenure, ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resisted pressures from Washington to cede Egyptian territory in the Sinai Peninsula to help create a Palestinian state, former senior members of Mubarak’s ruling party...

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A file photo of former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi. (AFP Photo/Alberto Pizzoli)

Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood: The Secret Files

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Aug 22, 2014 | Features

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s former President Mohamed Mursi was engaged in a political tug-of-war with his former colleagues on the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Bureau during his brief, doomed presidency, Mursi-era officials have told Asharq Al-Awsat....