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...
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...
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,...
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...
