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An Egyptian protester and fan of al-Masry football club waves a flare as others chant slogans during a demonstration in front of the prison in the Egyptian Suez Canal city of Port Said on January 25, 2013. (AFP)

The Brotherhood’s Dilemma in Ruling Egypt

by Dr. Hamad Al-Majid | Mar 11, 2013 | Opinion

It is not too early to say now, after the recent succession of unfortunate events, that President Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood are facing a real dilemma. The elections have been postponed by order of the judiciary, while civil disobedience continues in Port Said,...

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In this Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 file photo, an Egyptian election worker shows his colleagues an invalid ballot while counting ballots at the end of the second round of a referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of president Mohammed Morsi at a polling station in Giza, Egypt. (AP)

Egyptian Court Postpones Elections

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 7, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s controversial legislative elections, due to begin next month, have been postponed by a court ruling only two weeks after Egypt’s largest opposition coalition announced it would boycott them. The elections for the lower house of Egypt’s...

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Secretary-general of the National Salvation Front, Dr. Ahmad Al–Bur’i. (Asharq Al-Awsat Photo)

National Salvation Front Leader on Mursi and the Boycott

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Mar 6, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the date of the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Egypt grows, President Mursi’s opponents are coming under more and more pressure to take part, backing away from their decision to boycott the poll. Asharq Al-Awsat spoke to one of the...

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In this July 13, 2012 file photo, Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi speaks to reporters at the Presidential palace in Cairo. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Mursi in Secret Talks with Opposition

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Mar 1, 2013 | Middle East

CAIRO, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Egyptian presidency has conducted secret talks with its political opponents in an effort to convince them to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi’s plan to hold...

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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...