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Top News: Morsi Refuses to Challenge Court Ruling Delaying Parliamentary Elections

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Dec 7, 2025

One year after Assad’s fall, here’s what’s needed to advance justice for Syrians

The second year of a post-Assad Syria requires structural reform, victim-centered leadership, and international reinforcement.

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Top News: Morsi Refuses to Challenge Court Ruling Delaying Parliamentary Elections

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Nov 20, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s next horizon: Building human capital beyond Vision 2030

By
Khalid Azim

Riyadh still needs to take fully support small and medium-sized enterprises—the true engines of job creation.

Economy & Business
Middle East

Top News: Morsi Refuses to Challenge Court Ruling Delaying Parliamentary Elections

MENASource
Nov 10, 2025

The Nile at a crossroads: Navigating the GERD dispute as Egypt’s floodwaters rise

By
Alessia Melcangi

The latest escalation between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia coincides with a diplomatic shift from the United States.

Africa
Climate Change & Climate Action

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Mar 7, 2013

Top News: Morsi Refuses to Challenge Court Ruling Delaying Parliamentary Elections

By Egypt Source

The president’s office released a statement Wednesday evening saying it would not appeal an earlier court ruling that could delay upcoming parliamentary elections

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Mar 7, 2013

Yemen: A Glass Half-Full

By Danya Greenfield

Nearly every news article on Yemen begins with a detailed laundry-list of challenges the country faces on a daily basis (violent separatism in the South, humanitarian crises, unemployment); it is far more difficult to paint a positive picture of progress in a troubled land with deep political cleavages. However, in the world of glass half-empty […]

Yemen

MENASource

Mar 6, 2013

Reactions to the Court’s Suspension of Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections

By Nancy Messieh

Today, Egypt’s Administrative court referred the electoral law to the Supreme Constitutional Court and suspended parliamentary elections slated for April 22. Below are immediate reactions to the ruling:

MENASource

Mar 6, 2013

A Lose-Lose Gamble: An Asymmetric Conflict Between Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and the Opposition

By Wael Nawara

“They are killing Egypt slowly. Strangling it. She is suffocating day by day. Until one day there will be nothing left.” A taxi driver said to me. “Who?”, I asked. “Everyone. The Opposition. The Muslim Brotherhood. Everyone. Morsi is no good. I don’t even think he is calling the shots. But dealing with such a […]

MENASource

Mar 6, 2013

Egypt’s Elections in Limbo, Again

By Mara Revkin

Egypt’s Administrative Court upended the timetable for parliamentary elections slated to begin on April 22 by canceling President Mohamed Morsi’s presidential decree calling for a vote and ordering that the recently drafted electoral law – marred by claims of gerrymandering and procedural flaws – be resubmitted to the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) for further review. […]

MENASource

Mar 6, 2013

Top News: Election Law Referred to SCC, House of Representatives Elections Delayed

By Egypt Source

House of Representatives elections have been delayed after the Supreme Administrative Court referred the election law recently passed by the Shura Council to the Supreme Constitutional Court, questioning the constitutionality of Article 2.   GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION NSF mulls satellite channel, political merger to strengthen position The National Salvation Front announced Tuesday plans to launch a […]

MENASource

Mar 5, 2013

Women in Egypt through the Narrative of Graffiti

By Soraya Morayef

The past two years of street art in Cairo have been a fascinating narrative of the political and social turmoil of Egypt since January 25. Graffiti artists have documented the uprisings and downfalls beset upon our society, depicting the struggles of those without a voice. One interesting thread to follow is the narrative of Egyptian […]

North Africa

MENASource

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 […]

MENASource

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 […]

MENASource

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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