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Top News: New Constitution to Reduce Presidential Authorities, Morsi will Finish 4-Year Term

By Egypt Source

The Constituent Assembly has reduced, in the draft of the new constitution, the authorities of Egypt’s executive and given the right to parliament to hold the president accountable, said Salah Hassab Allah, member of the  System of Governance Committee, a body affiliated to the Constituent Assembly. 

Individualism versus Community in the Egyptian Psyche

By Tarek Radwan

The protests that began in Egypt and spread to the far flung corners of the Muslim world reflect a very real disconnect in the basic philosophies and strategic interests that guide the actions of populations within these countries. Few recent analyses, if any, scratched deeper below the socio-political surface to expose the source of the […]

Police Actions Legitimize Egyptians Taking Justice into their Own Hands

By Nancy Messieh

Alber Saber, a 27-year-old activist, was arrested from his home in Cairo a few days ago. Police charging into a man’s home and taking him into custody is certainly nothing new in both pre- and post-January 25 Egypt. In Saber’s case, however, a dangerous precedent has been set, one in which police actions have legitimized […]

Top News: Rights group: New Police Powers Law Recreates Mubarak-Era Emergency Regime

By Egypt Source

A controversial draft bill, named the ‘protecting society from dangerous people’ bill, replicates the worst features of the widely-misused and now defunct emergency law, according to a statement issued by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR).

Top News: Egyptian opposition parties merge to form the Conference Party

By Tarek Radwan

As political parties scurry to establish themselves before the parliamentary elections, expected to take place after the constitution is approved, 10 parties have decided to merge and form a single political party, the Conference Party. Around 15 other political parties initially agreed on the idea of an alliance, adding that they would further discuss the […]

Morsi: from Backup Candidate to President with Absolute Power / مرسي من مرشح احتياطي لرئيس بصلاحيات مطلقة

By Haitham Tabei

In less than two months, Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi transformed from a ‘backup’ candidate into a powerful president. During his first days in office, it was said that he had no powers and was subservient to the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Office. Now he has become a president with expanded powers that give him control over […]

Fearing for Islam / الخوف على الإسلام

By Magdy Samaan

‘Innocence of Muslims’, the film that sparked a wave of violent protests across the Middle East is not the first work of its kind, deemed an unacceptable violation of religion by Muslims, while the west defends it as an example of freedom of expression. For the most part, protests of this kind are a simple […]

Top News: More than 70 Detained in US Embassy Protests

By Egypt Source

The Public Prosecution has said 142 people would be indicted for their alleged involvement in storming the US Embassy in Cairo, a spokesperson from the Interior Ministry’s media department said Sunday.

Michele Dunne Discusses Middle East Protests on Al Jazeera

Michele Dunne, Director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, appeared on Al Jazeera’s Inside Story discussing the anti-Islam film, Innocence of Muslims and consequent protests that spread across the Muslim world.

Top News: Egypt, US Struggle to Maintain Relations while Appeasing Public Anger

By Egypt Source

With the Egyptian public outraged about a film apparently produced in the US that allegedly insults the Prophet Mohamed, and the American public looking to Obama to condemn the breach of the US Embassy in Cairo by protesters last Tuesday, the governments of both nations have strained to cater to public opinion while still preserving […]