Gamal Mubarak
Sufi leaders at odds over anticipated Gamal Mubarak presidential bid
Egypt
August 24, 2010
Sufi leaders at odds over anticipated Gamal Mubarak presidential bid
The leaders of Egypt's various Sufi orders have yet to agree on whether to throw their support behind an anticipated…
Tuesday’s papers: The van Gogh heist and more power cuts
Egypt
August 24, 2010
Tuesday’s papers: The van Gogh heist and more power cuts
Two major items make headlines in today’s state-owned and independent newspapers: electricity cuts and the outrageous theft of the Vincent…
NDP members refuse to sign statement supporting Gamal Mubarak
Egypt
August 24, 2010
NDP members refuse to sign statement supporting Gamal Mubarak
Mohamed al-Salehi, Ezzat Badawi, Atef Abaza and Khairi Mubasher, all MPs for the National Democratic Party (NDP), refused to sign…
Gamal Mubarak’s non-campaign
Opinion
August 24, 2010
Gamal Mubarak’s non-campaign
How strange Egyptian politics are becoming. The launch of a “popular campaign” in the last few weeks to encourage Gamal…
Intellectuals to hold conference against ‘presidential inheritance’
Egypt
August 17, 2010
Intellectuals to hold conference against ‘presidential inheritance’
Several members of Egypt's intelligentsia are preparing to hold a self-styled “Conference of Independent Intellectuals” in response to a second…
Street campaigns on the rise for both opposition and regime supporters
Egypt
August 14, 2010
Street campaigns on the rise for both opposition and regime supporters
Collecting signatures for petitions and distributing leaflets have recently become trademarks of street politics in Egypt among both regime supporters…
Attorney-General suspends defamation case against Ayman Nour
Egypt
August 12, 2010
Attorney-General suspends defamation case against Ayman Nour
The attorney-general has suspended an investigation into Ghad Party
Gamal Mubarak presidential campaign takes fight to the provinces, Kuwait
Egypt
August 12, 2010
Gamal Mubarak presidential campaign takes fight to the provinces, Kuwait
A campaign in support of a presidential bid by Gamal Mubarak, the 47-year-old son of President Hosni Mubarak, has printed…
Wednesday’s papers: Bread prices, Ramadan traffic and Egypt’s fifth president
Egypt
August 11, 2010
Wednesday’s papers: Bread prices, Ramadan traffic and Egypt’s fifth president
In state-owned Al-Akhbar as well as Al-Ahram, bread prices top the front page of both papers.“No increase in the price…
Scenarios for presidential succession
Opinion
August 11, 2010
Scenarios for presidential succession
The health of President Hosni Mubarak is not a private matter. It’s a public concern whose smallest details should be…