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People walk in front of defected posters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie in downtown Cairo August 29, 2013. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood seeks to “infiltrate” political parties—party leaders

by Safaa Azab | Apr 10, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Despite being designated as a terrorist organization in December 2013, members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood are seeking to retain a voice in post-Mursi Egyptian politics and even participate in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, say...

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Hala Shukrallah, the new president of the Dostour liberal party, talks during an interview with Reuters in her office at the party’s headquarters in Cairo, February 25, 2014. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

New Al-Dostour Party Head: I have no presidential aspirations

by Safaa Azab | Mar 1, 2014 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—It is perhaps unsurprising that a secular center-Left party would be the first political party in Egypt to select a Coptic woman as its leader. The party’s new leader, Hala Shukrallah, has stepped into the shoes of Nobel laureate,...

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File photo—Protesters, who are against Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, hold a poster featuring the head of Egypt’s armed forces General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in Tahrir Square in Cairo, July 3, 2013 file photo. (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Egypt: Campaign calls for election boycott if Sisi doesn’t run

by Safaa Azab | Nov 9, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—More than 15 million Egyptians have signed a petition calling on Gen. Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to stand for president, the director of the Kamel Gmeilak (“Complete the Favor”) campaign told Asharq Al-Awsat. Rifai Nasrallah, who heads the...

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Nader Bakkar (Asharq Al-Awsat)

In Conversation with Egypt’s Al-Nour Party Spokesman

by Safaa Azab | Nov 4, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—While the trial of ex-president Mohamed Mursi gets under way in Cairo, another legal process with the potential for even more profound implications for Egypt’s future is in train—the amendment of the country’s constitution, following...

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Dr. Mervat Tallawy. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

In Conversation with Dr. Mervat Tallawy

by Safaa Azab | Nov 1, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The rumors surrounding amendment of articles in Egypt’s constitution regarding the status of women, which some fear might conflict with Islamic law, have become highlight controversial in Egypt. To complicate matters further, the women’s council...