by Safaa Azab | Jun 26, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s Islamists will face a tough test at parliamentary elections expected later this year amid growing public anger toward the Islamist trend and increasing inter-Islamist divisions following the ouster of former Islamist president Mohamed...
by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Sep 20, 2013 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Ashraf Sayed, a senior member of the Building and Development Party, the political arm of the Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya, denied the group was responsible for the violence that has erupted in Egypt since the...
by Dr. Hamad Al-Majid | Aug 1, 2013 | Opinion
Following last Friday’s events, the political situation in Egypt can only expected to worsen, becoming further aggravated and tense. There is now a dire need to ameliorate the situation, however the Egyptian liberal elites that are in control of the...
by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Jul 26, 2013 | Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sheikh Kamal Helbawy, founder of the Muslim League in Britain, secretary-general of the Islamic Unity Forum in Europe, and the advisor to the Egyptian Salvation Front, which was dissolved after the January revolution, carries much clout amongst...
by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jun 25, 2013 | Opinion
Comedy can predict the future and be bitterly critical. On the same day Jon Stewart, the US satirist and TV host, told us on Bassem Youssef’s Albernameg television show that Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi has appointed him as the governor of Luxor and that he...
