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A file photo of former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi. (AFP Photo/Alberto Pizzoli)

Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood: The Secret Files

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....

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Egyptian security forces stand guard in front of the Al-Azhar Islamic university in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, October 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latef, El Shorouk)

Brotherhood students raise Al-Qaeda flag at Al-Azhar University campus—university source

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...

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Younes Makhioun (R), the head of the Al-Nour Party, listens to party spokesman Nader Bakkar during a news conference about the constitution in Cairo on December 5, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Egypt: Constitutional referendum to take place in mid-January

by Mahmud El Shafey | Dec 10, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s constitutional referendum is set to take place in mid-January, an Egyptian minister announced on Monday as political parties launched media campaigns for and against the contentious final draft. In an interview with Egyptian CBC TV,...

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Essam El-Erian, deputy head of the Freedom and Justice Party, speaks during Egypt’s Shura Council meeting in Cairo in this May 25, 2013 file picture. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Files)

Egypt: Authorities arrest Brotherhood leader after three months on the run

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...

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Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie sits at a police station after security forces arrested him in Cairo in this handout picture dated August 20, 2013. REUTERS/The Interior Ministry/Handout via Reuters)

Egyptian government pursues Brotherhood figures

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Aug 23, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Ahmad Aref was arrested on Thursday along with some 75 executive members of the embattled Islamist group, Egypt’s interior ministry has announced. “Mohamed El-Beltagy, a Muslim Brotherhood leader, was targeted in...