Stay Updated


Content

MENASource

Oct 19, 2012

Top News: Friday Prayers End, Marches Toward Tahrir Begin

By Egypt Source

Marches towards Tahrir Square have begun in neighborhoods around Cairo with the end of Friday prayers. Some have already reached the square. Protesters are demonstrating against the Muslim Brotherhood and its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party. 

MENASource

Oct 18, 2012

MorsiMeter Breaks Down the President’s Performance

By Nancy Messieh

Quickly after Egypt’s presidential elections came to an end, a few conscientious Egyptian citizens came together to form MorsiMeter, a site aimed at tracking the new president’s progress during his first 100 days in office. Listing the 64 promises made by President Mohamed Morsi as part of his electoral platform, the MorsiMeter documented how many promises […]

MENASource

Oct 18, 2012

Egypt’s Return of the Judiciary

By Tarek Radwan

Long in the making, the embers of a dormant showdown between President Mohamed Morsi and the Egyptian judiciary have started glowing hotter in the past few weeks. Observers smelled traces of smoke when Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud failed to convict 24 prime suspects in the Battle of the Camel, the February 2011 attack on […]

MENASource

Oct 18, 2012

A Reactive Approach to Sectarianism: Displacement by Governmental Consent

By Basil El Dabh

Cairo witnessed an outpouring of support on October 9th, as thousands of Muslims and Christians marched to the state radio and television building in Cairo to commemorate the 28 Christian protesters who had been brutally killed one year earlier in the Maspero massacre. The scene was reminiscent of the aftermath of the bombing of a […]

MENASource

Oct 18, 2012

Top News: Official Denies Morsi’s Intent to Issue NGO Law

By Egypt Source

An official source at the Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs denied rumors concerning President Mohamed Morsi decision law to approve and issue the new NGO law. 

MENASource

Oct 17, 2012

The Ministry of Culture: From the Chicken Coop to the Storage Closet /وزارة الثقافة المصرية: من زمن الحظيرة إلى غرفة الكراكيب

By Ahmed Naje

“The intellectuals have entered the chicken coop.” Former Minister of Culture Farouk Hosny’s iconic words are a fitting description of his Ministry’s role under former President Mubarak, a position Hosny occupied for over 20 years. Download the PDF

MENASource

Oct 17, 2012

Top News: Constituent Assembly to Vote on Final Constitution Draft in November

By Egypt Source

Constituent Assembly head Hossam al-Gheriany said Tuesday that the assembly would vote on the final draft of the constitution in the second week of November, after which it would be put to a public referendum. 

MENASource

Oct 16, 2012

Top News: SCC President: Court’s Status in Draft Constitution ‘A Step Backwards’

By Egypt Source

Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court  rejected its status in the first draft of the new constitution issued last week , at a press conference on Tuesday. Court president Maher al-Beheiry labeled the articles pertaining to the court’s status "a step backwards and a flagrant intervention in the court’s affairs."

MENASource

Oct 16, 2012

Egypt’s Draft Constitution Part 1: State and Society

By Nancy Messieh

The following is Daily News Egypt’s translation of the first part of the draft constitution, featuring articles relating to State and Society. Several articles within this chapter of the draft constitution continue to be a source of conflict or concern.  Salafi forces are already campaigning against the draft constitution, primarily due to their inability to sway the Constituent Assembly […]

MENASource

Oct 16, 2012

Nour Party Dispute Resolved, But New Islamist Parties May Still Benefit / أحزاب إسلامية جديدة تسعي للاستفادة من أزمة حزب النور

By Magdy Samaan

A rift within the Salafi Nour Party over the organization’s leadership has been contained, but the very public dispute has left several unanswered questions about the Islamist movement in its wake. Are the disputes within the Nour Party related to an inability to take a truly democratic approach within the party ranks? And while resolved, […]