by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 17, 2015 | Opinion
Both sides in Egypt chose to escalate the conflict. Muslim Brotherhood leaders who fled and settled abroad made a conscious decision to defy the regime, justifying the killings in Sinai and threatening the current Egyptian regime. As for the prosecutor, he chose to...
by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Aug 22, 2014 | Features
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s former President Mohamed Mursi was engaged in a political tug-of-war with his former colleagues on the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Bureau during his brief, doomed presidency, Mursi-era officials have told Asharq Al-Awsat....
by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Mar 17, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Eyewitnesses at Al-Azhar University said students affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood raised the Al-Qaeda flag inside one of the university’s campuses during protests on Saturday. As the first day of the second semester of the academic year...
by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Oct 30, 2013 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian authorities arrested a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday, a day after the judge overseeing the trial of several fellow leaders of the organization resigned over the authorities’ failure to produce them in court. Essam...
by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Sep 12, 2013 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Judicial sources have informed Asharq Al-Awsat that former Islamist president Mohamed Mursi will be tried in open court and that the first court date has been set for the near future. Egypt’s state prosecutor referred Mursi to trial...