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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), shakes hands with Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on February 13, 2014. (Reuters/Mihail Metzel/RIA Novosti/Kremlin)

Debate: Sisi will prioritize foreign policy

by Amina Al-Naqqash | Jun 8, 2014 | Debate

The new Egyptian president, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, has no choice but to place foreign policy among his top priorities. He is stepping into power in a time when growing complexity is enveloping Egypt’s foreign relations. These complexities were a result of the 2011...

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Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) arrives with his bodyguards at a polling station to cast his vote during the presidential election in Cairo May 26, 2014. (Reuters/Amr Abdullah Dalsh)

Debate: Sisi will balance foreign and domestic policies

by Mohamed Abu Hamed | Jun 8, 2014 | Debate

Security issues affect the economy, and the build-up of interrelated problems means President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi must work on a variety of issues simultaneously. All issues are equally critical and pressing, especially in the minds of the Egyptian people. In past...

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File photo of Abla Fahita (R) and her daugther Karkoura (L) taken from television. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Opinion: The Abla Fahita Distraction

by Ali Ibrahim | Jan 7, 2014 | Opinion

A fajita is a well-known Mexican food quite similar to the Lebanese shawarma. But in Egypt today, the term “Fahita” is more popularly associated with the name of a fictional character called Abla Fahita, a puppet well-known on social networking websites for her social...

Opinion: In Egypt, politics is tougher than fighting terrorists

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Nov 19, 2013 | Opinion

The Egyptian people are confident that the Egyptian military is capable of defeating those who threaten the country’s security—operations in Sinai and other places as well as the pursuit of activated sleeper cells in various Egyptian cities prove this. The real...