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Opinion: Abu Yousef’s Inkwell

by Samir Atallah | Mar 26, 2016 | Opinion

The Egyptian Ministry of Education has promised to reinstate Mohamed ElBaradei’s name to the list of Nobel Prize laureates that appears in the fifth grade primary school curriculum. The ministry itself decided to remove his name from the list and taught Egypt’s...

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Former director of the U.N.’s nuclear agency and Nobel peace laureate, Mohamed El Baradei, speaks with former Egyptian Foreign Minister and presidential candidate, Amr Moussa in Cairo, Egypt. (AP)

Amr Moussa Considers Election Boycott

by Mohamed Nasar | Feb 26, 2013 | Middle East

Sharjah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Leading opposition National Salvation Front figure, Amr Moussa, acknowledged that Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi was democratically elected, but confirmed that he is considering boycotting the forthcoming parliamentary elections, stressing...

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A Facebook page portraying Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi in an astronaut suit as part of an ongoing campaign for Mursi to win a trip to space in a competition sponsored by a deodorant manufacturer in Cairo. (AFP)

Mursi Pushes Elections Forward

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 24, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi has brought forward the start of parliamentary elections to April 22, in an effort to defuse a row with Egypt’s Christian minority, who said the schedule would conflict with their Easter celebrations. The decision...

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Thousands of Egyptian protesters shout slogans supporting Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, his poster at center, during a rally outside Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. AP Photo/Amr Nabil

Egypt Parliamentary Elections Set for April 27

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 22, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi called for parliamentary elections to begin on April 27 and finish in late June, as part of a four-stage vote that the embattled Islamist leader hopes will put an end to the country’s political crisis. The...