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Jul 6, 2012

The Challenges Facing Egypt’s Presidency

By Reham Mokbel

Egypt has finally taken its first step towards democracy, by electing Mohamed Morsi as president, following a long period of uncertainty and increased mistrust of the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission (SPEC), fueled by their decision to postpone the election results.

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Jul 6, 2012

Top News: Egypt’s Morsi Draws up Commission to Look into Protesters’ Deaths

By Tarek Radwan

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree on Thursday evening calling for the formation of a fact-finding committee to investigate the killing of unarmed anti-regime protesters from last year’s Tahrir Square uprising until the military’s handover of executive authority late last month. 

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Jul 5, 2012

Top News: Constituent Assembly Discusses Freedom of Religion, Future of the Presidency

By Tarek Radwan

Freedom of religion, the fate of the Information Ministry and the possibility of re-staging presidential elections after the constitution is drafted were all discussed during the Constituent Assembly’s meeting on Wednesday. The assembly’s rights and freedoms committee discussed eight out of 17 articles related to freedoms, agreeing that the article on freedom of religion should […]

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Jul 3, 2012

Top News: Executive Vacuum: Still No Vice Presidents, Prime Minister or Cabinet

By Tarek Radwan

The Freedom and Justice Party, the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing and President Mohamed Morsi’s party, has denied it sent the president a memo with recommendations regarding his next cabinet. Independent daily Al-Shorouk reported the FJP memo recommended that caretaker Prime Minister Kamal Al-Ganzouri and Planning and International Cooperation Minister Faiza Aboul Naga not be reinstated, […]

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Jul 3, 2012

The Islamic Spring? Why Some Analysts Have Missed the Mark

By Karim Maged

In recent days, we have continued to hear the repeated mantra that the Middle East is experiencing an Islamic Spring. This has been substantiated by the election of President Morsi in Egypt and the Nahda Party in Tunisia. Based on that assessment, a number of DC-based think tanks have recommended that the US should work […]

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Jul 2, 2012

Top News: Morsi Spokesman Backpedals on Dissolved Parliament and Abdel Rahman

By Tarek Radwan

Acting presidential spokesman Yasser Ali said that President Mohamed Morsy’s statement in his Cairo University speech on Saturday regarding the return of the “elected institutions” did not necessarily mean the return of the dissolved parliament. “It means the matter would be discussed in a legal framework, even if it means new elections,” he said. Ali […]

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Jul 2, 2012

Managing the US Relationship with Egypt

By Michele Dunne

 This piece was first published in the Washington Post "On the basis of mutual respect” was how the White House characterized President Obama’s pledge to work with Egypt’s newly sworn-in president, Mohammed Morsi , in a phone call congratulating Morsi upon his election last month. It was a well-chosen phrase, one that undoubtedly resonated with Morsi and others in the […]

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Jun 29, 2012

President-elect Mohamed Morsi Takes an Informal Oath in Tahrir

By Nancy Messieh

As president-elect Mohamed Morsi’s speech was coming to an end in Tahrir Square, two soldiers could be seen trying to form the beginnings of a human barricade in front of him, at the edge of the stage. Morsi promptly pushed their hands away, stepped forward and lifted his arms, waving at the crowds chanting beneath […]

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Jun 29, 2012

Top News: Egypt President-elect to Address Crowd at Tahrir Square Protesting Military Hold on Power

By Tarek Radwan

Egypt’s president-elect plans Friday to address thousands who have camped out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demonstrate against the military’s hold on power despite the election of a new civilian leader, a nod to the protesters who supported his bid for leadership. Morsi’s spokesman, Yasser Ali, said the president-elect wants to stand with the thousands […]

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Jun 28, 2012

Stop the Fear Mongering

By Nancy Messieh

With the announcement of Mohamed Morsi’s victory, we’ve gone from zero to fear mongering in 60 seconds. While there are certainly valid arguments to be made when speaking about a mistrust of the Muslim Brotherhood and their pattern of saying one thing, and promptly doing the complete opposite, it may well be worth our while […]