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Sep 5, 2012

Who Are Egypt’s New Governors?

By Nancy Messieh

President Mohamed Morsi appointed ten new governors in key areas of Egypt including Cairo, North Sinai, Alexandria and Minya. The ten governors include four members of the Muslim Brotherhood and three army generals. Military generals were appointed as governors of North Sinai, the Red Sea and Suez governorates, all lying on the Egypt’s borders. The […]

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Sep 5, 2012

Top News: Morsy Appoints 10 New Governors, Including Three Military Generals

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsy appointed 10 new governors, of whom four are affiliated with the Brotherhood, three are retired military generals and five are academics.  

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Sep 4, 2012

Egypt’s First Veiled News Anchor is not a Sign of the ‘Brotherhoodization’ of State Media

By Nancy Messieh

One of the latest stories to emerge about changes to Egypt’s media landscape is the appearance of the country’s first-ever veiled news anchor, Fatma Nabil. Her appearance on state TV’s news broadcast has been lumped together with recently made changes which have been viewed as the ‘Brotherhoodization’ of the press. On closer inspection, the headlines […]

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Sep 4, 2012

Top News: Al-Sisi Decides on New SCAF Formation

By Egypt Source

General Abd Al-Fatah Al-Sisi, newly-appointed Minister of Defence and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, confirmed on Monday the composition of the revised Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

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Sep 4, 2012

Rallying for Yemen in Riyadh

By Danya Greenfield

At the start of a major donor conference for Yemen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 4 and 5, reports indicate half of Yemen’s twenty-five million people are on the verge of starvation, suffering a growing food crisis and lack of access to basic services. Despite the availability of food in the market, rising prices, […]

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Sep 4, 2012

The Legitimacy of the President’s Constitutional Declarations / شرعية الإعلانات الدستورية الرئاسية

By Yussef Auf

President Mohamed Morsi’s constitutional declaration issued on August 12 has sparked an extensive debate on a number of legal and political points. A key question in the midst of this discussion is whether the president has the right to issue new constitutional declarations or amend existing decrees. Download the PDF

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Aug 31, 2012

The Final Draft Wording of the Articles on Defense and National Security in the New Constitution

By Tarek Radwan

The rapporteur for the Defense and National Security Committee, a subcommittee of the Committee on the System of Government in the Constituent Assembly, Dr. Mohammed Mohieddin, said that “[the Committee] completed the final draft for the articles pertaining to defense and national security. The Committee on the System of Government approved the final draft after […]

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Aug 31, 2012

Bahraini Activist Writes an Open Letter to President Mohamed Morsi

By Nancy Messieh

Bahraini human rights activist Maryam Abdelhadi al-Khawaja, barred from entering Egypt earlier this week, has written an open letter to Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, protesting her treatment at Cairo Airport. The letter came mere days before Morsi’s speech at the Non-Aligned Movement Summit (NAM) in Iran, during which any mention of Bahrain was notably absent.

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Aug 31, 2012

Top News: Military Experts Slam Article on Declaration of War

By Egypt Source

The assembly’s committee on systems of governance decided on Monday evening that the president would have the power to declare war with the approval of the People’s Assembly, and in consultation with the National Defense Council. Experts contend that the article should be reworded to give the military council or the National Defense Council the […]

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Aug 30, 2012

President Mohamed Morsi’s Constitutional Declaration – August 12

By Nancy Messieh

President Mohamed Morsi issued a new Constitutional Declaration on August 12 consisting of four articles. Download the PDF

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