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May 11, 2012

Moussa and Aboul Fotouh Face Off in Historic Televised Presidential Debate

By Tarek Radwan

Presidential candidates Amr Moussa and Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh traded barbs in the Arab world’s first televised presidential debate on May 10.

MENASource

May 11, 2012

Egypt’s Administrative Judiciary Meets Politics: A Dangerous Intersection / الثورة و القضاء الإداري المصري: التقاطع الخاطئ

By Yussef Auf

One of the most remarkable new phenomena to appear on Egypt’s political scene since the revolution has been a radical decentralization of decision-making.Download the PDF

MENASource

May 10, 2012

Top News: Four Ministers Replaced in Limited Cabinet Reshuffle

By Tarek Radwan

A limited cabinet reshuffle may help diffuse rising tensions between government and the Islamist-dominated parliament.

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May 9, 2012

Of Puppets and Presidents: Egypt’s Leading Candidates Face Off in Campaign Videos

By Mara Revkin

With only two weeks until the presidential election, the three frontrunners —  Mohamed Morsi, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, and Amr Moussa — are targeting voters with a series of colorful and at times comedic video advertisements, collected by The Lede.

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May 9, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood Criticizes Salafis for Endorsing Aboul Fotouh

By Tarek Radwan

Official Brotherhood spokesperson Mahmoud Ghozlan published a 6 May op-ed entitled ‘A Message to our Brothers in the Salafist Call’ on the Muslim Brotherhood official website, blaming Salafists for endorsing Abul-Fotouh.

MENASource

May 8, 2012

Four Fights to Watch on Egypt’s Political Battlefield

By Mohamed Gabr

The political situation in Egypt is as volatile as it has been at any time during the transition, and it is quite clear that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)’s confrontation with the Muslim Brotherhood will not be diffused anytime soon.

MENASource

May 8, 2012

Top News: Electoral Commission Suspends Work Under Criticism from Parliament

By Tarek Radwan

The Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission (SPEC) announced that it will suspend its work in the face of insults and criticism from members of parliament.

MENASource

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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