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File photo of Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi taken on May 14, 2014. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Egypt: Sisi to be sworn in by Adly Mansour

by Ahmed Imbabi | May 30, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will take Egypt’s oath of office before his predecessor interim President Adly Mansour, in his capacity as the head of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court, presidential legal adviser Ali Awad said on Thursday. In...

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Younes Makhioun, the head of the Nour party, speaks during a news conference about constitution in Cairo December 5, 2013. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Nour Party chief: Sisi is the best candidate for Egypt

by Ahmed Imbabi | May 23, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—With Egypt’s presidential elections set to begin on Monday, Salafist Al-Nour Party leader Younes Makhioun announced that his party would be backing popular former defense minister Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, saying he is the candidate who is most...

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Khaled Alam El-Din, left, who was fired Sunday from his post as adviser to the Egyptian president for environmental affairs, consults with the Salafist Al-Nour party spokesman, Nader Bakkar during a televised press conference in Cairo, Egypt Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Mostafa El Shemy)

Muslim Brotherhood “Drowning”: Ex-presidential Adviser

by Ahmed Imbabi | Feb 19, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat yesterday, former Egyptian presidential adviser Dr. Khaled Alam El-Din revealed that the “Muslim Brotherhood are drowning” in terms of their administration of the state. The ultra-conservative Alam El-Din, who is a...

Coptic Pope Denounces Civil Disobedience in Egypt

by Ahmed Imbabi | Feb 16, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat-Head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II, called on the political players in Egypt to demonstrate wisdom so that the country can extricate itself from the current political crisis. The Pope, who was enthroned in November,...