by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Oct 10, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former interim Egyptian president Adly Mansour has rejected a number of offers to stand in the country’s forthcoming parliamentary elections, as part of a broader plan that would see him assume the role of speaker of parliament, Egyptian...
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...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 8, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, AP—Egypt’s former army chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi was sworn in on Sunday as president for a four-year term, taking the reins of power in a nation roiled since 2011 by deadly unrest and economic woes. Sisi’s inauguration came less than a year after...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 6, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In his final days in office, outgoing interim president Adly Mansour has moved to cement his place in modern history as the only Egyptian head of state to leave office through an orderly transition of power by signing into law a set of major...
by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Jun 1, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian political parties have locked horns with the government over a proposed parliamentary election law which they rejected as detrimental to the country’s transition to democracy, threatening escalation if the government insists on pushing...
