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Al-Nour Party denies contacts with Wafd, ‘MB dissents’ over elections
Egypt
November 7, 2014
Al-Nour Party denies contacts with Wafd, ‘MB dissents’ over elections
Salafist El-Nour Party denied having any consultations with Al-Wafd Party or the so-called “Muslim Brotherhood Alliance of Dissent” over the parliamentary…
Journalists protest outside syndicate, Shura Council
Egypt
September 19, 2012
Journalists protest outside syndicate, Shura Council
Journalists from state-run news agency MENA, Al-Shaab and Al-Wafd newspapers staged protests Wednesday demanding better salaries and permanent employment for…
Thursday’s papers: Second round brings more bitterness for Wafd
Egypt
December 15, 2011
Thursday’s papers: Second round brings more bitterness for Wafd
Coverage of the second round of parliamentary elections dominates today’s press, with the party-run Al-Wafd in a bitter recriminatory mood,…
Wafd newspaper: ElBaradei sets conditions for potential salvation government
Egypt
November 23, 2011
Wafd newspaper: ElBaradei sets conditions for potential salvation government
Presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei has set conditions for the leadership of the new salvation government that protesters in Tahrir Square…
In 24 January op-ed, new information minister expressed concern about uprising
Egypt
July 11, 2011
In 24 January op-ed, new information minister expressed concern about uprising
Egypt’s new information minister, Osama Heikal, was worried before the 25 January revolution that any potential uprising in Egypt would…
Thursday’s Papers: Stock market sees historic drop, fact finding continues
Egypt
March 24, 2011
Thursday’s Papers: Stock market sees historic drop, fact finding continues
The stock market opened yesterday after six weeks of suspended trading and before the constitutional announcement scheduled for Thursday, creating…
Tuesday’s papers: Fears over Pink Eye, boycott threats and van Gogh theft official absolution
Egypt
October 26, 2010
Tuesday’s papers: Fears over Pink Eye, boycott threats and van Gogh theft official absolution
Updates on the proliferating conjunctivitis (or "Pink Eye") outbreak in northern Egypt takes up the lion’s share of Tuesday's front-page…
Sunday’s papers: Thanaweyya amma results, opposition coalition dissolving
Egypt
July 11, 2010
Sunday’s papers: Thanaweyya amma results, opposition coalition dissolving
Thanaweya amma is the Egyptian high school certificate, and an issue of collective consciousness in Egypt that easily makes headlines…
Thursday’s papers: ‘Facilitated’ debts, dispute over Israeli actions
Egypt
March 18, 2010
Thursday’s papers: ‘Facilitated’ debts, dispute over Israeli actions
Al-Ahram leads with a story that is good news for farmers across five Egyptian governorates. In an attempt to, as…