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Top News: Civil Disobedience Spreads to Delta

By Egypt Source

The Cabinet’s spokesperson said “rumors” spread in the media and on social networking sites about a civil disobedience campaign are not true, contending that certain people are trying to force government employees to take to the streets, or else they will harm them. Meanwhile, protesters enter into civil disobedience in the Nile Delta city of […]

This Week in Egypt – February 23, 2013

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos and more. The Coming Parliament: A New Crisis Looking forward to the parliamentary elections, and at the Shura Council’s decision to pass the electoral law, Yussef Auf reminds EgyptSource readers that we have to look back at the constitution […]

Off the Egyptian Press: Brotherhood and Salafist Tensions

By Andrew Ver Steegh

Political news from Egypt over the past week has been dominated by reports of tensions between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafist Nour Party (centered around the dismissal of presidential advisor Khalid Alam El Din), as well as by news of meetings between members of the leadership of the Freedom and Justice party and the […]

The Coming Parliament: A New Crisis

By Yussef Auf

In the coming months, Egypt has a date with a new constitutional crisis, and it should come as no surprise that the source of this crisis is the new Egyptian constitution, full as it is with ambiguities and flaws. The flaw this time is found in the text of Article 177 of the constitution which […]

Top News: Parliamentary Elections Set for April 28

By Egypt Source

Elections for Egypt’s lower house of parliament, the House of Representatives, will begin in April and take place over four stages with the House finally convening in July.

Preparing for Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections: A Guide

By Nancy Messieh

Last updated: 2/21/2013  With Parliamentary elections slated for April, and President Mohamed Morsi adamantly stating that they will go on as expected, a few of Egypt’s political parties have begun to prepare for the ballot boxes.  With no date set as of yet, Morsi has until February 25 to announce the date, as per the […]

Once Again: The Unconstitutionality of the Election Law

By Yussef Auf

As was expected, Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled many provisions of the proposed Elections Law and Exercise of Political Rights Law, as unconstitutional. This decision reflects the continuing state of disarray that colors the legislative process in Egypt, both in the constitutional drafting process and the passage of laws. The SCC found that amendments […]

Top News: Egypt Passes Electoral Law, Paves Way for Elections

By Egypt Source

Egypt’s Shura Council, the upper house of parliament, adopted on Thursday an electoral law as amended by the Constitutional Court, clearing the way for President Mohamed Morsi to set a date for lower house elections.  

United States Needs to Show Egypt Some Tough Love

By Michele Dunne and Robert Kagan

President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry need to pay attention to Egypt — now. The most populous Arab country, poster child of the Arab Spring, faces a looming economic crisis and a widespread breakdown in law and order, including increasingly prevalent crime and rape. Either will cripple Egypt’s faltering effort to become a stable democracy.