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Feb 7, 2012

Top News: Military Moves Up Date of Presidential Election

By Mara Revkin

Under growing pressure for an expedited transfer of power to civilians, the SCAF has agreed to move up the start date for presidential candidate registration to March 10, originally scheduled for April 15.

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Feb 6, 2012

Top News: Clashes Continue in Cairo after Deadly Soccer Riot

By Mara Revkin

Violent clashes between protesters and security forces resumed near the Interior Ministry building late on February 5 in the fourth day of clashes since a deadly soccer riot in Port Said last week that killed at least 73 people.

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Feb 6, 2012

Can Egypt Avoid Pakistan’s Fate?

By Michele Dunne and Shuja Nawaz

One year after the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian military is closing down civil society organizations and trying to manipulate the constitution-writing process to serve its narrow interests. Meanwhile, in Pakistan, where the military has also held sway for more than half the country’s existence — for much of that time, with […]

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Feb 3, 2012

Why Legal Entanglements of an Aging Movie Star and Billionaire Represent Crucial Tests for “New Egypt”

By Kurt Werthmuller

On Thursday, February 2, fallout from the previous day’s violent soccer clashes in Port Said overshadowed reports that Egyptian film star Adel Imam had been sentenced to three months of hard labor for “insulting Islam” throughout his long filmmaking career.  This is the second religious defamation case against an Egyptian public figure in as many […]

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Feb 2, 2012

The Politics of a Deadly Soccer Riot

By Tarek Radwan

Yesterday’s match between Port Said’s Al-Masry soccer team and its Cairene rival Al-Ahly mutated into a brutal scene that claimed the lives of 74 Egyptians and wounded scores more, according to the Ministry of Health. Many questions surround the factors that provoked the worst outbreak of soccer violence in Egypt’s history and across the spectrum […]

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Feb 2, 2012

Shura Council Elections See Low Turnout and Voter Apathy

By Salem Mostafa Kamel

The High Electoral Commission (HEC) has announced the final results for the first round of Egypt’s Shura Council (upper house) elections. As expected, Islamist parties swept the elections: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the Salafi Nour Party and independent candidates came ahead in all governorates except in Cairo where two female candidates […]

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Feb 2, 2012

Top News: 74 Killed in Deadly Soccer Riot

By Mara Revkin

Senior officials in Port Said and the Egyptian football association have been sacked in the wake of riots on February 1 at a football match that killed 74 people. The governor of Port Said resigned, while the city’s director of security and head of investigations were suspended and are now in custody.  DEADLY SOCCER RIOT: […]

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Feb 1, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood MPs to Chair Key Parliamentary Committees

By Mara Revkin

Members of the FJP-led Democratic Alliance won in votes for all but two of the committees in the People’s Assembly, led by speaker Saad al-Katatny. Senior Brotherhood leader Essam Al Erian became chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and chairmanship of the Defence and National Security Committee went to Abbas Mokheimar, a Brotherhood member with […]

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Jan 31, 2012

Top News: January 31, 2012

By Mara Revkin

Political coalitions led by the Revolutionary Youth Union as well as women’s groups are organizing mass marches on January 31, dubbed, “Determination Tuesday,” converging on the parliament building to demand an end to military rule.

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Jan 31, 2012

Interview with Advisory Council Member Mona Makram-Ebeid: “The Time of Monopoly is Over”

By Mara Revkin

Pressure from protests in Cairo this week has made a noticeable dent in the military’s determination to stick to its previously announced transitional timeline, specifying the formation of a constituent assembly in March and a transfer of power to a civilian president through an election promised in June. In the presence of calls for a […]