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Top News: Fayza Aboul Naga: Egypt Can Do Without US Aid

By Mara Revkin

International Cooperation Minister Fayza Aboul Naga told the People’s Assembly Foreign Relations Committee that foreign embassies had been financing organizations and individuals to carry out unlawful activities in Egypt and offering "cash" directly "from hand to hand.” Naga also stated that Egypt can do without U.S economic assistance, although she did not comment on the […]

The Unwritten Deals of Egypt’s Presidential Election / الصفقات غير المكتوبة للانتخابات الرئاسية المصرية

By Magdy Samaan

Observers of Egypt’s upcoming presidential election are quickly tuning into rumors of unwritten deals among various players in the political game.  This behind-the-scenes bargaining is driving two key trends: 1) the fact that most presidential candidates are not affiliated with the leading political parties; and 2) consensus among Islamist forces against backing an Islamist candidate. […]

Top News: Parliament Calls for Vote to End Military Aid

By Mara Revkin

Egyptian Women: What Have They Gained?

By Tarek Radwan

Before International Women’s Day (IWD) 2012 rapidly fades from memory and policy-makers return to other problems faced in their respective countries, a look at how this day played out in Egypt may shed some light on the massive challenges Egyptian women will face in the coming years. Recent events indicate that activists may find the […]

Top News: Egyptian Foreign Minister Says U.S. Aid Not “Eternal”

By Mara Revkin

Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said U.S. assistance to Egypt is not “eternal” and “distorts the nature of bilateral relations” between the two countries. “The relations should work in favor of Washington and Cairo, and not in favor of one direction; therefore, we have to build relations anew between the two sides,” he said.

Revolutionary Children: Egypt’s Last Best Hope

By Sara Ashour

Everyone knows that the January uprising was heavily driven by youth, but one demographic group that has been almost entirely overlooked in analysis of the transition is Egypt’s youngest generation, the children of the revolution.  The last twelve months have been a transformative, inspiring and at times traumatic experience for Egyptian children, who will inherit […]

Egypt’s NGO Crisis: Political Theater Preventing Democratic Progress

By Ahmed Morsy

Hopes were high that the second session of the NGO trial, held on March 8, would yield a resolution to the worst crisis in US-Egypt relations since the 1967 war. Robert Becker, the only indicted American who did not choose to leave the country after the travel ban was lifted, said he stayed to stand […]

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.

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.

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 […]