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Islamist Egyptian Islamist leader Tareq Al-Zumar waves to demonstrators while speaking during a protest by hundreds of Salafists calling for the enforcement of Islamic Shari’a law at Tahrir Square in Cairo November 9, 2012. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Egypt’s Islamists to face uphill battle at parliamentary elections

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...

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Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi raise up posters with the four finger symbol during a demonstration against the military backed government in the Egyptian capital Cairo, on September 13, 2013. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD KHALED)

Egypt’s Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya denies responsibility for violence

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...

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Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans at Nasr City, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 29, 2013.(AP/Khalil Hamra)

Opinion: Egypt’s Brotherhood Needs to Change

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...

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Kamal Helbawy, Former Brotherhood Spokesman, on Mursi’s Ouster

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...

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A man smokes a water pipe as he watches Jon Stewart on a TV screen at a coffee shop, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 22, 2013. (AP)

Opinion: Jon Stewart for Luxor governor

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...