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Hazem El-Beblawi. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Hazem El-Beblawi: Decision to disperse Brotherhood sit-ins had to be made

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Sep 2, 2014 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—In the final part of our two-part extensive interview with Hazem El-Beblawi, Asharq Al-Awsat talks to the former Egyptian prime minister about his experience in two transitional cabinets—in 2011 and 2013—and about the controversial decision...

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Hala Shukrallah, the new president of the Dostour liberal party, talks during an interview with Reuters in her office at the party’s headquarters in Cairo, February 25, 2014. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

New Al-Dostour Party Head: I have no presidential aspirations

by Safaa Azab | Mar 1, 2014 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—It is perhaps unsurprising that a secular center-Left party would be the first political party in Egypt to select a Coptic woman as its leader. The party’s new leader, Hala Shukrallah, has stepped into the shoes of Nobel laureate,...

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Former vice-president Mohammed El-Baradei speaking during a visit to support artists staging a sit-in at the ministry of culture, in Cairo, Egypt in June 2013 (EPA/STR)

Egyptian vice president El-Baradei resigns

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 14, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s vice president for foreign affairs, Mohamed El-Baradei, resigned on Wednesday after only one month in office, in protest at the decision to use force to clear protest camps occupied by protesters demanding the reinstatement of ousted...

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A general view shows Egyptians supporting ousted president Morsi(depicted in poster) during Eid al-Fitr prayer at their continuing sit-in location, near Rabaa Adawiya mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 08 August 2013. (EPA/AHMED RADAMAN.)

Egypt: Government plans to end rallies in Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Aug 10, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—According to exclusive information obtained by Asharq Al-Awsat, the Egyptian government has set a plan to break up rallies in Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square that Islamists began in protest against the ouster of former president Mohamed Mursi last...

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Asharq Al-Awsat‘s Deputy Editor-in-Chief talks to Egyptian Vice President Mohamed El-Baradei at the Federal Palace, Cairo. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Mohamed El-Baradei: The View from Cairo

by Ali Ibrahim | Aug 8, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The road to the Federal Palace in Cairo’s central Heliopolis district is not far from the site of Muslim Brotherhood protests and sit-ins at Rabia Basri in Nasr City. The view from outside the palace—as with many of the public squares and...