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An Egyptian supporter of Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, the nation’s former military chief, wears a toy tank on his head as he holds a poster showing him with images of late presidents Anwar Sadat, top left, Gamal Abdel Nasser, top right and Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour, bottom right, during a celebration in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday, May 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egyptian government reviews controversial election law

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...

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Egyptians hold national flags during a rally in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian pro-democracy blogger dies at 32

by Mahmud El Shafey | Apr 30, 2014 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian journalist, blogger and pro-democracy activist Bassem Sabry has died at the age of 32, reportedly falling from a balcony on Monday, according to security officials. A prominent young voice during the revolution that toppled former...

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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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A protester opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi holds an Egyptian flag as he stands on Kasr El Nile bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square in Cairo, February 1, 2013. (Reuters)

Brotherhood Losing Ground on Campus

by Mohamed Ajam | Mar 7, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Preliminary results indicate that the Muslim Brotherhood student movement has suffered a series of unexpected defeats in Egyptian state university elections this week. Opposing student movements launched an elections list entitled “Sout...