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Mar 5, 2013

Top News: Strong Egypt Party to compete in elections, NSF to challenge electoral law in court

By Egypt Source

The Strong Egypt Party is to participate in coming elections for the House of Representatives, Egypt’s lower house of parliament. Meanwhile, National Salvation Front spokesperson Ahmed al-Borai said Monday the NSF planning to challenge the electoral law at the Supreme Constitutional Court and the State Council in the coming few days GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Strong Egypt […]

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Mar 5, 2013

A Starting Point: Boycotting as a Campaign and Comprehensive Alternative

By Amr Hamzawy

This is our situation in Egypt: a society divided between participators and boycotters, a public that asks what good is participation under unjust rules and the effectiveness of boycotting; citizens whose preferences change by the minute and hour rather than by the day and the week; and a state of constant flux accompanied by fear […]

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Mar 5, 2013

Overcoming Political Polarization in Libya

By Karim Mezran

Recent developments in Libyan politics demonstrate a remarkable regression in terms of both institution-building and security. Unfortunately, the latest political polarization has the potential to make the situation deteriorate further.

Libya

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Mar 5, 2013

Syria: Kerry’s Opening to the Free Syrian Army

By Frederic C. Hof

Last week in Rome Secretary of State John Kerry turned a page in US policy on Syria by announcing food and medical assistance to elements of Syria’s armed opposition. While critics of administration policy bemoaned the absence of night vision goggles and body armor from the inventory of non-lethal assistance to be provided, Kerry’s breakthrough […]

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Mar 4, 2013

Top News: US to Give Egypt US$190 mn, Need for Consensus for IMF Deal

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsi met with US Secretary of State John Kerry at Ettehadiya Palace in Cairo Sunday. The American official said the US would give Egypt US$190 million to support the government’s budget, according to Reuters.  GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Opposition groups in Egypt’s Mahalla to launch ‘popular parliament’ Opposition groups in Mahalla, an industrial city […]

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Mar 4, 2013

Egypt’s Elections: Practiced, But Still Imperfect

By Sarah Grebowski

Egypt’s parliamentary elections in 2012- the first in the wake of Egypt’s democratic uprising- were understandably messy. They were held on a condensed timeline, under intense political pressure and using an untested electoral system.  Members of the High Elections Commission (HEC) were clearly improvising the electoral timeline as the process was unfolding.  The allocation of […]

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Mar 2, 2013

This Week in Egypt – March 2, 2013

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

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Mar 1, 2013

Top News: NSF Leaders Refuse to Meet Kerry in Protest against US Pro-Morsi Stance

By Egypt Source

Hamdeen Sabbahi and Mohamed ElBaradei of the National Salvation Front (NSF) will not meet US Secretary of State John Kerry during his visit to Egypt, said Heba Yassin of the Popular Current Party.

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Mar 1, 2013

The United States Hasn’t Helped Egypt’s Liberals Nearly Enough

By Tarek Radwan

US President Barack Obama stood at a White House podium, echoing the pride of the Egyptian people’s call for freedom in a speech on Feb. 11, 2011, the same day that former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak finally relinquished power. In his remarks, Obama told the world, "The United States will continue to be a friend […]

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Feb 28, 2013

Egyptian Citizen Journalists Nominated for Reporters Without Borders Netizen of the Year Award

By Nancy Messieh

In 2011, as state TV broadcast images of a sunset over the Nile and empty bridges just a stone’s throw from an ongoing battle in Tahrir Square, independent media took it upon itself to tell the real story. Alongside well-established TV channels and newspapers, a new player emerged in an attempt to document the Egyptian […]