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Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi speaks during a news conference with Turkish President Abdullah Gul (not pictured) after their meeting at Presidential Palace “Qasr Al Quba” in Cairo February 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

President Mursi: One Year in Office

by Safaa Azab | Jun 28, 2013 | Features

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—With preparations for nation-wide protests on June 30 well underway, Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi took to the stage on Wednesday to defend his first term in office. In the two-and-a-half-hour speech that followed, Mursi admitted making...

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File photo of former Egyptian presidential legal adviser Fouad Gadallah. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Fouad Gadallah on the judiciary, Brotherhood, Mursi

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | May 9, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—In his first interview since resigning as Egyptian presidential adviser for legal affairs, Dr. Mohamed Fouad Gadallah was keen to stress that the crisis between the Egyptian government and judiciary can be resolved. Speaking exclusively to...

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A handout picture released by the Egyptian presidency on May 7, 2013, shows Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi (C) posing for a group photograph with his Prime Minister Hisham Qandil (5th-L) and nine new ministers during a meeting in Cairo. Morsi appointed nine new ministers in a cabinet reshuffle in a shake-up that falls short of opposition demands. (AFP PHOTO / HO / EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY)

Egypt appoints nine new ministers in cabinet reshuffle

by Mahmud El Shafey | May 7, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian prime minister Hisham Qandil announced a controversial cabinet reshuffle of nine ministers on Tuesday, strengthening the Muslim Brotherhood’s grip on government. The cabinet reshuffle saw the replacement of key ministers involved in...

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A protester, who opposes Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, holds up his hands, which are chained together, to symbolise the lack of freedom, as protesters chant slogans during a demonstration against Mursi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood at Tahrir Square in Cairo February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

Opinion: Will the Sudanese Brotherhood Experience Recur in Egypt?

by Osman Mirghani | May 2, 2013 | Opinion

I am convinced that each country has its own special circumstances and that experiences cannot necessarily be translated from one country to the next, but Sudan and Egypt’s experience with the Muslim Brotherhood have a lot of similarities. There are convergences in...

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File photo of Egyptian Information Minister Salah Abdel-Maksoud. (AAA)

Egypt’s Information Minister: The View from Maspero

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Apr 28, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—It is the second time in less than a year that Asharq Al-Awsat has paid a visit to Cairo’s Maspero building, headquarters of Egypt’s Radio and Television Union (ERTU), to meet with Egyptian information minister Salah Abdel-Maksoud....