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Egyptian schoolgirls walk on a pedestrian bridge overlooking medieval Cairo, near Azhar mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. Egypt was a popular tourist destination, but today almost three years after the revolution, tourists are almost nowhere to be seen during what normally is the high season ahead of New Year’s Eve. The ministry of tourism has launched many initiatives and marketing campaigns in an attempt to attract visitors to Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt: Religious endowments ministry takes control of Brotherhood mosques

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jan 4, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the Egyptian government continues to crack down on the ousted Muslim Brotherhood, the Ministry of Awqaf (religious endowments) took control of several mosques controlled by the Islamist group on Friday. The takeover comes three days after the...

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Younes Makhioun (R), the head of the Al-Nour Party, listens to party spokesman Nader Bakkar during a news conference about the constitution in Cairo on December 5, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Egypt: Constitutional referendum to take place in mid-January

by Mahmud El Shafey | Dec 10, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s constitutional referendum is set to take place in mid-January, an Egyptian minister announced on Monday as political parties launched media campaigns for and against the contentious final draft. In an interview with Egyptian CBC TV,...

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Members of Egypt’s constitution committee meet at the Shura Council for the final vote on a draft Egyptian constitution in Cairo. (Reuters)

Egypt: Constitution committee reaches agreement on preamble, civil state

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Nov 29, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following prolonged discussions lasting into the early hours of Thursday morning, Egypt’s 50-member constitution committee was able to reach an agreement on the text of the constitution’s preamble and several controversial articles. Committee...

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Nader Bakkar (Asharq Al-Awsat)

In Conversation with Egypt’s Al-Nour Party Spokesman

by Safaa Azab | Nov 4, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—While the trial of ex-president Mohamed Mursi gets under way in Cairo, another legal process with the potential for even more profound implications for Egypt’s future is in train—the amendment of the country’s constitution, following...

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In this Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013 file photo, a poster showing Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, and former presidents Anwar Sadat, left, and Gamal Abdel-Nasser, right, is taped to an army armored vehicle on a bridge leading to Tahrir Square during celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Egypt’s Oct. 6 crossing of the Suez Canal during the 1973 war with Israel, in Cairo, Egypt (AP)

Constitution Conundrum

by Mahmud El Shafey | Nov 4, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

Rumors continue to swirl around Egypt’s Lagna Al-Khamseen—the fifty-member committee tasked with drafting its new constitution. Speculation is rife as to whether the document will designate Shari’a law as the basis for legislation, allow civilians to be tried by...