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May 7, 2012

Notes on the Bloodshed at Abbassiya

By Haitham Tabei

Last week, Cairo witnessed a blood bath in Abbassiya next to the headquarters of the Defense Ministry, which ended on Friday afternoon with another show of force, in which the armed forces dispersed a sit-in of supporters of disqualified presidential candidate Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail and other protesters who had been demonstrating in solidarity with […]

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May 7, 2012

Top News: Allegations of Torture Following Abbassiya Clashes

By Tarek Radwan

El Badil news website has published the accounts of two reporters who were allegedly abducted and tortured by the army following last week’s clashes in Abbassiya, in which a soldier died and almost 400 people were wounded.

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May 6, 2012

Why the Tide Will Turn Against Political Islam in Egypt

By Dalia Ziada

While the blood of innocent Egyptians is being shed on asphalt outside the Ministry of Defense in Abbassiya, Cairo is getting ready to meet its first fairly elected civilian president. This week in Abbasya, protesters — most of them supporters of disqualified Salafi presidential candidate Hazem Saleh Abu Ismael – clashed violently with armed thugs […]

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May 5, 2012

A Wave of Anger Threatens to Disrupt Presidential Election / موجة الغضب تشوش على الانتخابات الرئاسية

By Magdy Samaan

A microbus was moving slowly down Ramses Street in downtown Cairo due to the clashes in Abassiya Square between angry youth and military police near the Ministry of Defense. On the bus, a female passenger expressed her anger about the return of violence. The woman did not know who was killing whom, or what was […]

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May 2, 2012

May 2: Another Mohammed Mahmoud?

By Tarek Radwan

It is far too early to tell as events rapidly unfold, but today’s clashes in front of the Ministry of Defense in the Abbasiyya neighborhood of Cairo have sparked renewed fears of massive unrest in Egypt with accusations hurled in every direction between the parties involved in the conflict. With official reports claiming six deaths […]

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May 2, 2012

Eleven Protesters Killed in Cairo Clashes

By Mara Revkin

At least eleven people were killed and nearly two hundred people were injured during violent clashes after armed thugs allegedly allied attacked a sit-in by supporters of disqualified Salafi presidential candidate Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail with tear gas and Molotov cocktails near the Defense Ministry building in Cairo’s Abbasiya neighborhood early on May 2, prompting […]

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May 1, 2012

Top News: Ministers Deny Cabinet Reshuffle

By Mara Revkin

Following reports that the SCAF has agreed to a “limited” cabinet reshuffle, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mohamed Attiya denied that a shakeup is in the works.

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Apr 30, 2012

Top News: Military Agrees to Limited Cabinet Reshuffle Under Pressure from Parliament

By Mara Revkin

On April 29, People’s Assembly Speaker Saad al-Katatny proposed suspending parliamentary sessions for a week over the Cabinet’s refusal to resign. Hours after the statement, state media reported that the SCAF is expected to conduct a limited Cabinet reshuffle that could include the appointment of Islamists, prompting the Brotherhood’s parliamentary bloc to back down from […]

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Apr 27, 2012

Top News: Prime Minister Says Parliament Has No Right to Dissolve Cabinet

By Mara Revkin

Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri responded to Parliamentary Speaker Saad al-Katatny’s calls for his resignation, saying “The government will not stop down. We are governed by the Constitutional Declaration, which does not give parliament the right to withdraw confidence.”

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Apr 27, 2012

Egypt’s Transition in Danger of Regression

By Ahmed Morsy

The word “transition” implies both an origin and a destination, yet Egypt’s transitional period is still circling around a dead-end.  The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has proven incompetent in leading the interim period, except in matters affecting the military. A bigger problem is that none of the other civil political forces in […]