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This file photo shows a general view of the first Egyptian parliament session after the revolution that ousted former president Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo, on January 23, 2012. (Reuters/Khaled Elfiqi/Pool)

Egyptian parliamentary elections will be held on schedule: spokesman

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Aug 28, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—An Egyptian government spokesman on Wednesday denied rumors that the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections would be postponed until 2015. The spokesman, Hossam El-Kawish, said: “The government did not discuss this issue at all, and the...

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Younes Makhioun, the head of the Nour party, speaks during a news conference about constitution in Cairo December 5, 2013. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Egypt’s Salafist Nour party says “no” to electoral alliances

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Aug 1, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s Salafist Al-Nour Party does not intend to join any political alliance ahead of parliamentary elections set to be held later this year, party leader Younes Makhioun told Asharq Al-Awsat. “The Nour Party is among the most powerful parties...

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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi meets with Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday, July 27, 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat/Egyptian Presidency)

Egyptian parliamentary elections to be held before end of 2014

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jul 28, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s parliamentary elections are to be held by the end of this year, the government announced on Sunday. A government statement said President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi had discussed plans to hold parliamentary elections by the end of the year...

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File photo showing Egyptian crowds protesting against former president Mohamed Mursi on June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Egypt: New independent alliance prepares to fight parliamentary elections

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jul 21, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Several Egyptian politicians have announced that they will contest upcoming parliamentary elections as part of a new coalition called the 25–30 Alliance. At a news conference at the headquarters of the Egyptian Journalists’ Union on Sunday,...

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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...