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Top News: Rising Calls for Cabinet Reshuffle

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Mar 8, 2012

Top News: Rising Calls for Cabinet Reshuffle

By Mara Revkin

Ahmed Fathi, head of the Brotherhood’s Shura Council, said Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri’s government is “weak and shaky” and increasingly vulnerable to calls for a cabinet reshuffle. “I believe the People’s Assembly is headed in the direction of withdrawal of confidence from this government, perhaps in the next few days,” Fathi said.

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Mar 7, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood Close to Endorsing Presidential Candidate

By Mara Revkin

Sources close to the Brotherhood report that the group is likely to back either former Information Minister Mansour Hassan or Islamist candidate Mohamed Selim al-Awa for the presidency.

MENASource

Mar 7, 2012

Parliament Divided Over Criteria for Constituent Assembly

By Salem Mostafa Kamel

Now that the dust has settled after Egypt’s months-long parliamentary elections, the country’s political forces are turning their attention to the next battleground: choosing the 100 members of the constituent assembly that will draft Egypt’s next constitution. But liberals and Islamists are far from reaching a consensus on criteria for membership in the committee, or […]

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Mar 7, 2012

US-Egypt Tensions Cloud Prospects for Future Trade Cooperation

By Mehrunisa Qayyum

As the United States threatens to terminate military assistance to Egypt over the controversial indictment of American NGO employees, fears over the future of bilateral security cooperation have crowded out an equally urgent concern: the possibility that the current diplomatic crisis could derail US-Egypt economic ties and prospects for future trade partnerships. While US and […]

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Mar 6, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood Seeks President with “Islamist Orientation”

By Mara Revkin

A member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Shura Council, Ali Bateekh, specified criteria for a presidential candidate the group will support, while reiterating that the Brotherhood will not endorse one of its own members or any candidate belonging to an Islamist party or movement.  However, Bateekh said the candidate “should have an Islamist orientation,” (although not […]

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Mar 6, 2012

Beyond NGOs: The Battle for Egypt

By Bahey Eldin Hassan

Up until two days ago, Egyptian-American relations were facing their biggest crisis since June 1967, threatening a political, diplomatic, military, and security alliance that has endured for three decades. The crisis began with the arbitrary raid of pro-democracy NGOs, including American organizations. An international uproar ensued, which has at least temporarily been relieved with the […]

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Mar 5, 2012

NGO Trial to Resume March 8

By Mara Revkin

Egypt has appointed new judges to hear the trial of 43 NGO employees, after six Americans among those charged left the country with nearly $5 million in bail posted.  The first hearing in the new trial is scheduled for March 8.

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Mar 2, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood Reacts to Lifting of Travel Ban

By Mara Revkin

Leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood reacted negatively to the Egyptian government’s decision to lift the travel ban on NGO employees. "The departure of the Americans who were initially banned from travelling is the most dangerous thing that happened after the revolution," FJP MP Akram El-Shaer said. El-Shaer said that the government refuses to explain […]

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Mar 2, 2012

On Sharia, Civil Society, and Religious Identity in Egypt: A Response to Khaled Saad

By Kurt Werthmuller

On February 27th, Khaled Saad, an Egyptian legal consultant at the American Bar Association-Rule of Law Initiative in Egypt, insightfully argued here in EgyptSource that ”the most immediate threat to religious freedom, if one exists, lies not in amending Article 2 [of the current Egyptian constitution, which identifies Islamic law as the principal source of […]

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Mar 1, 2012

Video: Timeline for Choosing Constituent Assembly Starts Countdown to Polarization

By Mara Revkin

On March 1, an anonymous parliamentarian from the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party revealed new details on the timeline and procedures for forming Egypt’s 100-member constituent assembly, a body that is bound by the military-decreed interim constitution to draft the country’s new charter.  The Constitutional Declaration issued by the ruling Supreme Council of the […]

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